wildish

American  

[wahyl-dish] / ˈwaɪl dɪʃ /

adjective

1. somewhat wild.

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Etymology

Origin of wildish

First recorded in 1705–15; wild + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Huston is a tall woman, striding confidently to the rose garden on her sprawling, wildish ranch in Three Rivers, a California town of about 2,000 residents, set in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2019

Born to wealth, he had led a somewhat wildish life in his youth.

From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Coke, Henry J. (Henry John)

Mind your helm, Chingatok; she’ll steer wildish when lightened.”

From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Mr. Meadows is getting wildish; it frightens me to see such a man as him burst out like that.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles

Next day I met him riding a young brown horse, with a wildish eye, and a nasty rub from a misfitting collar.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin