tamelessadj.
/ˈteɪmlɪs/ That has never been tamed; that cannot be tamed; untamed, untameable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > untamed
wildc725
untemeda1000
savagea1275
ramagec1300
untameda1340
untamea1382
ramageousa1398
tameless1597
unreclaimed1614
indomite1617
immansuete1656
feral1659
myall1848
wilding1853
maroon1890
undomesticated1972
the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > untamed > that cannot be tamed
untameable1567
tameless1597
unreclaimable1609
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > not tamed
untameda1340
untamea1382
ramageousa1398
haggard1566
ramage1567
tameless1597
undauntoned1609
unmeekened1612
unreclaimed1614
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > untameable
untameable1567
tameless1597
unreclaimable1609
indomable1623
indomitable1634
indomptable1653
infractible1657
1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. i. 27 The tame-lesse steed could well his wagon wield, Through downes and dales of the vneuen field.
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 185 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) The bones of him they Noble Meler call, Who was the tamelesse tamer of the Irish nation all.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. v. 268 And Tigris on his tameless current bore Armenian harvests to her multitudes.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 129 A playful touch with the spurs..caused that tameless steed to jump on one side.
Derivatives
ˈtamelessness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > quality of being untameable
untameableness1662
tamelessness1816
1816 Ld. Byron Parisina xiii, in Siege of Corinth 76 From thee—this tamelessness of heart.
1883 R. Jefferies Story Heart i. 9 The age, tamelessness, and ceaseless motion of the ocean.
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