wilder
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈwaɪldə(ɹ)//
- United Kingdom//ˈwɪldə(ɹ)//
- United States//ˈwaɪldɚ//
- United States//ˈwɪldɚ//
To bewilder, perplex
adjective
- 1
Also a form of wildcomparative form of wild: more wild
Etymology
From wild.
verb
- 1
To bewilder, perplex
Now, to smother noise and light, Is stolen abroad the wildering night,
Now in their hearts those wildered Trojans said That once more they beheld Achilles' self Gigantic in his armour.
More tender, grateful than she could have dreamed, Fond hands passed pitying over brows and hair, And gentle words borne softly through the air, Calming her weary sense and wildered mind, By welcome, dear communion with her kind.
Deep and far within the ether stretched my eyes their anxious gaze, While the swelling thoughts within me grew a wild and wildered maze, Then came floating on the distance, softly to my listening ears, Low, thrilling harmonies of worlds whirling in their bright spheres.
Etymology
From wild, probably suggested by wilderness, and as to form by wander.
Forms
- past tense
- wildered
- past participle
- wildered
- present participle
- wildering
- third person singular
- wilders