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savagery(dictionary)
savagery(dictionary)

Lazarus (iou) and savagery (medicine)


Lazarus (iou)



Lazarus noun. rare. L15.
[Personal name used allusively: see LAZAR.]
A person with leprosy; a beggar.

savagery (medicine)


savagery


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. <botany> Wild growth, as of plants.

Origin: F. Sauvagerie.

Source: Websters Dictionary