jungliadj.n.
/ˈdʒʌŋɡli/ A. adj.
= jungly adj. 2; (see also quot. 1927).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting jungle
jungly1880
jungli1920
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective]
wilda1300
bestiala1398
wilderna1400
savagine?a1439
barbaric1490
rudea1530
barbar1535
barbarous1538
pagan1550
uncivil1553
Scythical1559
raw?1573
savaged1583
incivil1586
savage1589
barbarian1591
uncivilized1607
negerous1609
mountainous1613
ruvid1632
ruvidous1632
barbarious1633
incivilizeda1645
alabandical1656
inhumanea1680
tramontane1740
semi-barbarous1798
irreclaimed1814
semi-savage1833
semiferine1854
warrigal1855
sloven1856
semi-barbaric1864
pre-civilized1876
wild and woolly1884
jungle1908
medieval1917
jungli1920
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 463/1 Just oneself with half a dozen of one's men and some jungli villagers.
1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 Jan. 138/2 Already he ceases to be jungli. Note, Wild and boorish, a clodhopper or uneducated peasant.
B. n.
An inhabitant of the jungle.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller in jungle
jungli1927
jungle-basher1954
1927 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 290/1 His crew of two junglis managed to make him understand.
1928 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 1/2 A system of small flying columns kept the junglis from the inertia which breeds mischief.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.n.1920