Savage

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make savage.

II. Savage ·adj Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.

III. Savage ·noun A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.

IV. Savage ·adj Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.

V. Savage ·adj Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.

VI. Savage ·noun A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

VII. Savage ·adj Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.