"wilder" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwaɪldə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈwaɪldɚ/ [General-American]
Etymology: From wild. Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} wilder
  1. comparative form of wild: more wild Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: wild (extra: more wild)
    Sense id: en-wilder-en-adj-ogsUVcf~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪldə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈwɪldɚ/ [General-American] Forms: wilders [present, singular, third-person], wildering [participle, present], wildered [participle, past], wildered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪldə(ɹ) Etymology: From wild, probably suggested by wilderness, and as to form by wander. Head templates: {{en-verb}} wilder (third-person singular simple present wilders, present participle wildering, simple past and past participle wildered)
  1. To bewilder, perplex Derived forms: bewilder
    Sense id: en-wilder-en-verb-5fS-lpwJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1922 A. E. Housman, Last Poems XXIV, lines 29-30",
          "text": "Now, to smother noise and light,\nIs stolen abroad the wildering night,"
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          "ref": "1913, Smyrnaeus Quintus, The Fall of Troy",
          "text": "Now in their hearts those wildered Trojans said That once more they beheld Achilles' self Gigantic in his armour.",
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          "ref": "1879, Emma Lazarus, The Poems of Emma Lazarus",
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          "ref": "1854, Effie Afton, Eventide",
          "text": "Deep and far within the ether stretched my eyes their anxious gaze, While the swelling thoughts within me grew a wild and wildered maze, Then came floating on the distance, softly to my listening ears, Low, thrilling harmonies of worlds whirling in their bright spheres.",
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