wilding

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree)
  2. noun an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women

Etymology

From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (“grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants”), equivalent to wild + -ing.

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