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Webster 1913 Edition

Savage

Sav′age

(?; 48)
,
Adj.
[F.
sauvage
, OF.
salvage
, fr. L.
silvaticus
belonging to a wood, wild, fr.
silva
a wood. See
Silvan
, and cf.
Sylvatic
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild;
as, a
savage
wilderness
.
2.
Wild; untamed; uncultivated;
as,
savage
beasts
.
Cornels, and
savage
berries of the wood.
Dryden.
3.
Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude;
as,
savage
life;
savage
manners
.
What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from
savage
to civilized without Christianity?
E. D. Griffin.
4.
Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal;
as, a
savage
spirit
.
Syn. – Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught; uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See
Ferocious
.

Sav′age

,
Noun.
1.
A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
2.
A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.

Sav′age

(?; 48)
,
Verb.
T.
To make savage.
[R.]
Its bloodhounds,
savaged
by a cross of wolf.
Southey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Savage

SAV'AGE

,
Adj.
[L. silva, a wood, or silvicola, an inhabitant of a wood, or silvaticus.]
1.
Pertaining to the forest; wild; remote from human residence and improvements; uncultivated; as a savage wilderness.
Cornels and savage berries of the wood.
2.
Wild; untamed; as savage beasts of prey.
3.
Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as savage life; savage manners.
What nation since the commencement of the christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without christianity?
4.
Cruel; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as a savage spirit.

SAV'AGE

,
Noun.
1.
A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized or without cultivation of mind or manners. The savages of America, when uncorrupted by the vices of civilized men, are remarkable for their hospitality to strangers, and for their truth, fidelity and gratitude to their friends, but implacably cruel and revengeful towards their enemies. From this last trait of the savage character, the word came to signify,
2.
A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
3.
The name of a genus of fierce voracious flies.

SAV'AGE

,
Verb.
T.
To make wild, barbarous or cruel. [Not well authorized and little used.]

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