wilde
/W AY1 L D/noun
- 1
A surname from Middle English.
- 2
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.
adjective
- 1
Obsolete spelling of wild. [Untamed; not domesticated.]
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