Hypertext Webster Gateway: "savage"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Savage \Sav"age\ (?; 48), a. [F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L.
silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See
{Silvan}, and cf. {Sylvatic}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes
and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage
wilderness.

2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.

Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. --Dryden.

3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life;
savage manners.

What nation, since the commencement of the Christian
era, ever rose from savage to civilized without
Christianity? --E. D.
Griffin.

4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious;
inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.

Syn: Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught;
uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal;
heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless;
merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See {Ferocious}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Savage \Sav"age\, n.
1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is
untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or
manners.

2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Savage \Sav"age\ (?; 48), v. t.
To make savage. [R.]

Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. --Southey.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

savage
adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal
beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod
treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious
kicks" [syn: {barbarous}, {brutal}, {cruel}, {fell}, {roughshod},
{vicious}]
2: wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog" [syn: {feral}]
3: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
"barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is
crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: {barbarian},
{barbaric}, {uncivilized}, {uncivilised}, {wild}]
4: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating";
"fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn: {ferocious}, {fierce},
{furious}]
n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: {barbarian}]
2: a cruelly rapacious person [syn: {beast}, {wolf}, {brute}, {wildcat}]
v 1: attack brutally and fiercely
2: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new
President"


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