Meanings
- not comparableNot tamed; not tamable, unable to be tamed; wild.
[W]hen the guard came to fetch the tameless convict, they found him on his knees in a corner, sobbing like a child.
1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 2781 more example
Then seemed it that a tameless hurricane / Arose, and bore me in its dark career / Beyond the sun, beyond the stars that wane / On the verge of formless space […].
1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 216Synonyms: indomite, savage, untame, feral, ferine, indomite, savage, uplandish
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot tamed; not tamable, unable to be tamed; wild.
Origin
- Englishtame
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishtameless
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