the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
n. An act of cruelty; barbarity.
n. Wild growth, as of plants.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Savage or uncivilized state or condition; a state of barbarism.
n. Savage or barbarous nature, disposition, conduct, or actions; barbarity.
n. Wild growth, as of plants; wildness, as of nature.
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n. a brutal barbarous savage act
n. the trait of extreme cruelty
n. the property of being untamed and ferocious
Word Usage
"While some of the comments there have provoked my ire, the underlying cause of my savagery is the growing realisation that the core activity of this blog – and the cause to which I have devoted three decades of my life – is a complete waste of time and effort, an utter, dismal and unremitting failure."