wild man
Noun
Meaning
A primitive man who dwells outside of civilized society; a savage person without culture.
A rowdy, dissolute, rash, or violent man.
A man who advocates unorthodox or outrageous opinions or who behaves in an eccentric manner.
wild-man (plural wild-men)
Alternative form of wild man
Alternative names
wild-man
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Examples
Woe to you, my Princess, when I come... you shall see who is the stronger, a gentle little girl who doesn't eat enough or a big wild man who has cocaine in his body.
You know what my drink is? Jack Daniel's. Yes, that is a wild man drink. That should come with bail money, you know what I'm saying? Because on Jack, you don't know where you're going to end up, but you know when you get there, you won't be wearing any pants.
A traveller on foot in this country seems to be considered as a sort of wild man or out-of-the way being, who is stared at, pitied, suspected, and shunned by everybody that meets him.
In the olive grove, a wise man at the feet and a wild man at the head.
In France the stock figure that in English is called the "noble savage" has always been simply "le bon sauvage", "the good wild man", a term without any of the paradoxical frisson of the English one.
Gilley, cousin of rock ’n’ roll wild man Jerry Lee Lewis and notorious evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, racked up consequential hits before and after his role in “Urban Cowboy.”