Savage
Savage (?; 48) , adjective
[French sauvage, Old French salvage, from Latin silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, from silva a wood. See Silvan, and compare Sylvatic.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
2.
Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
Cornels, and savage berries of the wood.
3.
Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.
What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity?
4.
Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
Savage , noun
1.
A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
2.
A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
Savage (?; 48) , transitive verb
To make savage. [Rare]
Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.