Wilde

[ wahyld ]

noun

1. Os·car (Fin·gal O'Fla·her·tie Wills) [os, -ker , fing, -g, uh, l oh-, fla, -her-tee , wilz, oh-, flair, -tee], Sebastian Melmoth, 1854–1900, Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, essayist, and critic.

Wilde

/ waɪld /

noun

1. WildeOscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills)18541900MIrishWRITING: writerMISC: wit Oscar ( Fingal O'Flahertie Wills ). 1854–1900, Irish writer and wit, famous for such plays as Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) and The Importance of being Earnest (1895). The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is a macabre novel about a hedonist and The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) relates to his experiences in prison while serving a two-year sentence for homosexuality

Example Sentences

Celenza already hosts Tastemade show “Struggle Meals,” and Wilde has worked on a Tastemade-produced branded-content series for Lexus and is starring in a pilot for a new show.

From Digiday

“When you see the results, it’s almost like magic,” Wilde says.

From Science News

Being familiar with a few of Wilde’s epigrams — “Only the shallow know themselves” — I bought the 900-page collection for $15 and read it with great pleasure.

From Washington Post

And we have a lot of great guests this season: Greta Gerwig, Natasha Lyonne, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi is back—I love that guy.

From The Daily Beast

And the Absinthe House has a full list: Other famous imbibers include P.T. Barnum, Oscar Wilde, and General Robert E. Lee.

From The Daily Beast

A new specialist tour company will take its first group of tourists overseas to reveal the real-life landmarks of Oscar Wilde.

From The Daily Beast

“Let us agree, if you please, that in this one circumstance Mr. Wilde is wrong,” I said.

From The Daily Beast

“Impossible,” began the other, but was silenced by a sort of bark from Mr. Wilde.

From The Daily Beast

Yet it is just because there is some truth in Wilde's plea, that there is still something to be said to-day of Baudelaire.

From Project Gutenberg

At the present moment the works of Oscar Wilde are being sold in enormous quantities and in many editions.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Lightoller came on the bridge again to take over the ship from Mr. Wilde, the chief officer (dead).

From Project Gutenberg

Her strong hands were lifting the little creature, and Mrs. Wilde found herself driven away.

From Project Gutenberg

Although notwithstanding there is great store thereof in many places of the countrey growing naturally and wilde.

From Project Gutenberg