wilde

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/ˈwaɪld/[ˈwaɪə̯ɫd]

proper noun

A surname from Middle English.

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Meanings

wilde1

adjective
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of wild.

Wilde2

proper nounWilde (plural Wildes)

plural Wildes

  1. A surname from Middle English.
    1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Oscar Wilde, Irish author, playwright, and poet (1845–1900), whose contemporary literary success, notably A Picture of Dorian Gray, was eventually soured by a gross indecency trial that became a cause célèbre.

      A dread sunny day / So I meet you at the cemetry [sic] gates / Keats and Yeats on your side / While Wilde is on mine

      1986, The Smiths, “Cemetry Gates”, in The Queen is Dead

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wilde

childwildmildstyledpiledchildeguiledonce a man, twice a childonce a woman, twice a childvild
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Sounds the same

wildwiledWildWyldewhiled (some accents)

Anagrams

wielddwile
Cite this entry
APA

wilde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wilde

MLA

“wilde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wilde. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wilde,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wilde.

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