savage

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   fierce, violent, or uncontrolled; (verb) to attack ferociously

   The dog savaged the intruder before the police arrived.

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Simplified etymology

Savage ultimately derives from Latin silva, “wood,” reflecting the idea of someone who lives in the woods. Its later connotations commonly included violence and cruelty, though the 18th-century expression noble savage referred to an idealized person supposedly uncorrupted by civilization.

From Old French sauvage ('wild'), from Late Latin salvaticus, an alteration of Latin silvaticus ('of the woods, wild'), from silva ('forest').

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