wildering

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

wildering (plural wilderings)

  1. (botany) A plant growing in a state of nature, especially one that has run wild or escaped from cultivation.[1]

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

'wildering

Adjective

wildering (comparative more wildering, superlative most wildering)

  1. (poetic) Bewildering.
    • 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Georgian Planet, page 88:
      Alas! how weak is reason's wildering chain!
      How low we fall, from heights we seek to gain!
      The lamp of Science, through the mists afar,
      Fades like the sun upon the Georgian star; […]

References

  1. ^ “wildering”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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