Wilde

proper nounattested in dialogue

//ˈwaɪld//
/[ˈwaɪə̯ɫd]/

A surname from Middle English.

proper noun

1
A surname from Middle English.
2
Variant of Oscar WildeA surname from Middle English. Ellipsis of Oscar Wilde, Irish author, playwright, and poet (1845–1900), whose contemporary literary success, notably A Picture of Dorian Gray, was eventually soured by a gross indecency trial that became a cause célèbre.
A dread sunny day / So I meet you at the cemetry [sic] gates / Keats and Yeats on your side / While Wilde is on mine

Forms

plural: Wildes

Wilcox · A surname originating as a patronymic.wild · Untamed; not domesticated. Especially, being of the wild…Wild · A surname from Middle English originally referring to a wild…

Wilde · A surname from Middle English.

wilder · To bewilder, perplex Wilder · A surname.wilderness · Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state…

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