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- Middle English · inherited fromwilde man
- English todaywild man
From Middle English wilde man. Cognate with Dutch wildeman (“wildman, savage”). By surface analysis, wild + man.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
wild man
Today it means: A mythic or legendary primitive man inhabiting forests or wilderness regions, typically depicted as hairy all over and unclothed. Full definition →
Middle English wilde man