wild man
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wild man
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From Middle English wilde man. Cognate with Dutch wildeman (“wildman, savage”). By surface analysis, wild + man.
noun wild men · wildman · wild-man
- A mythic or legendary primitive man inhabiting forests or wilderness regions, typically depicted as hairy all over and unclothed. He had rescued the duchess from the very fangs of the monster, which, he assured the ladies, was neither a wolf, nor a bear, nor yet a wild man of the woods.
- A representation of such a figure, usually shown as a club-bearing, hairy man of the woods.
- A rowdy, dissolute, rash, or violent man. [H]e was a sinner, unregenerated, a wild man in her estimation, a being of quite another kind than herself.
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A man who advocates unorthodox or outrageous opinions or who behaves in an eccentric manner.
"They're saying I'm a wild man. If I turn the trick, they'll say I'm a genius."
So said Royal Little, the mild, 50-year-old president of Textron Inc., whose unconventional production ideas have built a textile empire in less than three years.
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Talk about this word "wild man." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wild%20man. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wild man. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wild%20man "wild man." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wild%20man.Cite this
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title = {wild man},
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year = {2026},
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