Etymology

wilding

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Middle English wilding
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wilding · noun, noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromwilding
  2. English todaywilding

From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (“grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants”), equivalent to wild + -ing.

wilding · verb, adjective2

From wild + -ing.

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