savagery

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæv.ɪd͡ʒ.ɹɪ/

Noun

savagery (countable and uncountable, plural savageries)

1. (uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
2. (countable) A violent act of cruelty.
3. (uncountable) Wild growth of plants.
   • 1990, Brian Leverett, Water Gardens: Step-By-Step to Success (page 9)

     […] they […] made, amongst other features, lead ponds. With their departure these lands once more reverted to savagery; gardening, along with virtually all aspects of culture, disappeared and with it the man-made water gardens.

Translations

being savage

• Esperanto: sovaĝeco
• French: sauvagerie (fr) f
• German: Wildheit (de) f
• Greek: αγριότητα (el) f (agriótita)

  Ancient: ὠμότης f (ōmótēs)

• Ido: sovajeso
• Latin: saevitia f
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• Macedonian: дивјаштво n (divjaštvo)
• Maori: taratutū
• Norwegian: brutalitet m, villskap m
• Polish: dzikość (pl) f
• Portuguese: selvageria (pt) f
• Russian: ди́кость (ru) f (díkostʹ)

act of cruelty

• Greek: αγριότητα (el) f (agriótita)
• Macedonian: дивјаштво n (divjaštvo)
• Norwegian: grusomhet (no) m
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• Portuguese: selvageria (pt) f
• Russian: свире́пость (ru) f (svirépostʹ), зве́рство (ru) n (zvérstvo), жесто́кость (ru) f (žestókostʹ)