What does "wilderness" mean?
Wilderness: A disorderly or neglected place. Cowper.
Additional senses
- 2.Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs.] These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands. Will keep from wilderness with ease. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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