tameless

tameless

English

Etymology

    From tame + -less.

    Adjective

    tameless (not comparable)

    1. Not tamed; not tamable, unable to be tamed; wild.
      Synonyms: indomite, savage, untame; see also Thesaurus:wild
      • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. []”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. [], volume I, London: Edward Moxon [], published 1839, →OCLC, page 216:
        Then seemed it that a tameless hurricane / Arose, and bore me in its dark career / Beyond the sun, beyond the stars that wane / On the verge of formless space [] .
      • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 278:
        [W]hen the guard came to fetch the tameless convict, they found him on his knees in a corner, sobbing like a child.

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