SAVAGERY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley.

2.
n.

An act of cruelty; barbarity. The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak.

3.
n.

Wild growth, as of plants. Shak.


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