See Also: wilderness(dictionary)
wilderness(dictionary)
Wilderness, Battle of the(encyclopedia)
wilderness area(dictionary)
Tarkine Wilderness(tourism)
Tasmanian Wilderness(tourism)

wilderness (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: wildeornes 'land where wild animals live', from wild deor 'wild animal']
a large area of land that has never been developed or farmed
::the Alaskan wilderness
a place that seems no longer used or cared for by anyone
::The garden was a wilderness.
::The south side of the city had become a lawless wilderness.
in/from/out of the wilderness
someone who is in the wilderness does not have power or is not involved in something in an important way at a particular time
::the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968