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Savagery
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley.
2. An act of cruelty; barbarity. The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak.
3. Wild growth, as of plants. Shak.