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savage
English
Etymology
From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, savage, untamed”), from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus (“wild"; literally, "of the woods”), from silva (“forest", "grove”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sæv?d?/
- Rhymes: -æv?d?
- Hyphenation: sav?age
Adjective
savage (comparative more savage, superlative most savage)
- Wild; not cultivated.
- Barbaric; not civilized.
- Fierce and ferocious.
- Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
- (Britain, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
- - I'll see you in detention.
- Ah, savage!
- - I'll see you in detention.
- (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
- Synonyms: wicked; see also Thesaurus:excellent
- (heraldry) Nude; naked.
Related terms
- sylvan (see for more terms)
Translations
Noun
savage (plural savages)
- (derogatory) A person living in a traditional, especially tribal, rather than civilized society, especially when viewed as uncivilized and uncultivated; a barbarian.
- (figuratively) A defiant person.
Alternative forms
- salvage
Translations
Verb
savage (third-person singular simple present savages, present participle savaging, simple past and past participle savaged) (transitive)
- To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
- (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
- (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
- (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.
- Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.
Translations
Anagrams
- agaves
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sauvage, saveage, salvage
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French savage, from Late Latin salv?ticus, from Latin silv?ticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?va?d?(?)/, /sa?vau?d?(?)/
Adjective
savage
- savage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive
- wild, untamed, harsh
- mighty, strong, powerful
- ferocious, angry, attacking, opposed
- (rare) demented, crazy, insane
- (rare) ill-thought, ill-advised
Derived terms
- savagyne
Descendants
- English: savage
- Scots: savage
References
- “sav??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-28.
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infernal
English
Etymology
From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin ?nfernus, from ?nferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?f??(?)n?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?f??n?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
Adjective
infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)
- Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
- Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd
- The Mother of Mankind
- the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
- (as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.
- 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
- As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
- 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
Antonyms
- (of or relating to hell): heavenly
- (of or relating to hell, underworld or fire): celestial
Related terms
- infernal device
- infernally
- infernal machine
- inferno
Translations
Noun
infernal (plural infernals)
- (obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin infern?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.f??.nal/
Adjective
infernal (feminine singular infernale, masculine plural infernaux, feminine plural infernales)
- infernal (relating to hell)
- (figuratively) infernal, hellish, awful, terrible
Related terms
- enfer
Further reading
- “infernal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From Latin infern?lis
Adjective
infernal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular infernale)
- infernal (relating to hell)
Declension
Descendants
- English: infernal
- French: infernal
- Norman: înfèrna
Portuguese
Adjective
infernal m or f (plural infernais, comparable)
- (Christianity) hellish; infernal (from or relating to hell)
- diabolical; evil; infernal
- Synonyms: mau, diabólico, maldoso
Related terms
- inferno
Romanian
Etymology
From French infernal, from Latin infernalis.
Adjective
infernal m or n (feminine singular infernal?, masculine plural infernali, feminine and neuter plural infernale)
- infernal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin infernalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /infe??nal/, [??.fe??nal]
Adjective
infernal (plural infernales)
- (relational) hell; infernal (of or relating to hell)
- infernal, hellish (diabolical, fiendish)
- infernal, hellish, hellacious, hell of (very annoying, damned)
Related terms
- infierno
Further reading
- “infernal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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