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wilding

wil·ding

US/ˈwaɪldɪŋ/ uncommon us

noun

1.

a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crab-apple tree)

2.

an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women

Origin

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

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