Untamed
[ʌn'teɪmd] or [,ʌn'temd]
Definition
adj. not tamed not domesticated.—adj. Untā′mable incapable of being tamed.—n. Untā′mableness.—adj. Untame′ not tame.—n. Untamed′ness.
Typist: Virginia
Examples
- Lydia was Lydia still; untamed, unabashed, wild, noisy, and fearless. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You remind me, then, of a young she wild creature, new caught, untamed, viewing with a mixture of fire and fear the first entrance of the breaker-in. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mixed races produce mixed results, splendid, I own, in many cases, but not so severely unique and classic as would be the case with untamed tribes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- As yet means were to be found to make the engine efficient as a double-acting one--to start the untamed steed at the proper moment and to stop him at the moment he had done his work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He had an idea that he was one of those fiery, untamed steeds, but he is not of that character. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Virginia