savage
noun/ˈsævɪdʒ/
/ˈsævɪdʒ/
- (old-fashioned, taboo, offensive) an offensive word for somebody who belongs to a people considered to be simple and not developed see also noble savage
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- a cruel and violent person
- He described the attack as the work of savages.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sauvage ‘wild’, from Latin silvaticus ‘of the woods’, from silva ‘a wood’.
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