Wilder definition

wĭldər
wilder
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To become bewildered.
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To lose one's way.
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To bewilder; perplex.
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(person) (Mrs. Almanzo Wilder; born Laura Elizabeth Ingalls) 1867-1957; U.S. author of children's books.
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To lead astray; mislead.
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To lose or cause to lose one's way.
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To bewilder or become bewildered.
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(person) (born Samuel Wilder) 1906-2002; U.S. film writer & director, born in Austria-Hungary.
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(person) 1897-1975; U.S. novelist & playwright.
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Comparative form of wild: more wild.
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Origin of wilder

  • Perhaps Middle English wildren blend of wilden to be wild (from wilde wild wild) wanderen to wander wander

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From wild, probably suggested by wilderness, and as to form by wander.

    From Wiktionary

Wilder Sentence Examples

  • Soon he came to a wilder place.

  • No record of his studies is to be found, but he has left an amusing account of his part in the wilder doings of the university life of that day, in which, in spite of his small stature, he was recognized by his fellows as their leader.

  • The situation developed into ruin under the strife of the wilder and the gentler preachers.

  • A few red deer still occur in the wilder hilly district.

  • The semi-civilized aborigines, who adopted the Chinese language, dress and customs, were called Pe-pa-hwan (Anglice Pepo-hoans), while their wilder brethren bear the name of Chin-hwan or" green savages," otherwise Sheng-fan or " wild savages."

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