wilderness
Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
Other meanings
A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.
Related words
- Wilderness Road
- nonwilderness
- Bogong Peaks Wilderness
- Byadbo Wilderness
- call in the wilderness
- voice in the wilderness
- voice calling in the wilderness
- cry in the wilderness
- voice crying in the wilderness
- Jagungal Wilderness
- Pilot Wilderness
- The Devils Wilderness
Word history
From Middle English "wildernes".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “wilderness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.