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wild and woolly

wild and wool·ly
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wahyld and woo l-ee]
    • /waɪld ænd ˈwʊl i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wahyld and woo l-ee]
    • /waɪld ænd ˈwʊl i/

Definitions of wild and woolly words

  • adjective wild and woolly unrestrained; lawless: a wild-and-woolly frontier town. 1
  • noun wild and woolly rough; untamed; barbarous 0
  • noun wild and woolly (of theories, plans, etc) not fully thought out 0
  • adjective wild and woolly Uncultured and without laws. 0
See all 4 definitions of wild and woolly

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Origin of wild and woolly

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; perhaps orig. referring to range-bred cattle

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Parts of speech for Wild and woolly

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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wild and woolly popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

wild and woolly usage trend in Literature

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