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adj
comparative form of wild: more wild
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparative, form-of
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Canyon County, Idaho.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Campbell County, Kentucky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Jackson County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place and village in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To bewilder, perplex
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Billy Wilder, Samuel Wilder
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Broader terms: film maker, filmmaker, film producer, movie maker
noun
United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Thornton Wilder, Thornton Niven Wilder
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Broader terms: dramatist, playwright, writer, author
History
From wild.
From wild, probably suggested by wilderness, and as to form by wander.
