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WILDERNESS
wilderness
(noun) a bewildering profusion; “the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups”; “a wilderness of masts in the harbor”
wilderness, wild
(noun) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; “it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers”
Wilderness
(noun) a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
wilderness
(noun) (politics) a state of disfavor; “he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wilderness (countable and uncountable, plural wildernesses)
(countable, uncountable) An unsettled and uncultivated tract of land in its natural state; a barren land; a wild or waste.
(countable, uncountable) A place that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
(uncountable) Wild or unrefined state; wildness.
(countable) A bewildering flock or throng.
(countable) A situation that is bewildering, or that which makes one feel awkward.
Source: Wiktionary
Wil"der*ness, n. Etym: [OE. wildernesse, wilderne,probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D. wildernis wilderness. See Wilder, v. t.]
1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind. The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller.
2. A disorderly or neglected place. Cowper.
3. Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs.] These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands. Will keep from wilderness with ease. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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