WILDERNESSES
Noun
wildernesses
plural of wilderness
Source: Wiktionary
WILDERNESS
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