not domesticated or under human control; untamed
savage beasts
very severe
savage criticism
wild; cruel; violent; ferocious
Music has charms to soothe a savage breast — Congreve
said of a place or landscape: rugged and usu uncultivated
offensive said of a people: lacking a developed culture
savagely adv
savageness noun
savagery noun
[Middle English sauvage via French from Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus of the woods, wild, from silva a wood]