Dictionary entry

Savagery

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sav″age‐ry (?; 277), n. [F. sauvagerie.] 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. Wild growth, as of plants. Shak.