semi-savagen.adj.
A. n.
= semi-barbarian n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > uncivilized person
wild mana1400
woodwose?a1400
savaginec1450
woodward1488
savagea1544
woodman1601
barbarian1604
woodist1613
wilding1621
brutigenist1631
catamountaina1640
Caliban1678
semi-barbarian1692
Hottentot1710
semi-savage1807
pagan1879
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vi. 233 The semisavage sees his tribes retire.
B. adj.
Half-savage or barbarian.
ΘΚΠ
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
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. i. 86 The rude and semi-savage state, in which they are considered to have lived.
1884 Manch. Examiner 27 May 5/1 Semi-savage tribes who lived by pillaging caravans.
Derivatives
ˌsemi-ˈsavagedom n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun]
barbarousness1549
Barbary1564
barbarity1570
barbarism1584
incivility1584
uncivility1598
wildness1639
ferity1646
the (also a) state of nature1650
savagism1665
savagery1782
semi-barbarism1817
barbarization1822
incivilization1823
semibarbarianism1828
savagedom1844
barbarianism1854
uncivilizedness1879
uncivilization1880
bruteness1883
semi-savagedom1887
1887 H. Knollys Sketches Life Japan 321 The spirit of semi-savagedom apparent amongst all [classes].
semi-ˈsavagery n.
ΚΠ
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. ii. 41 That unsophisticated semi-savagery which Hamleigh had expected in a place so remote.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.adj.1807