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• sav´age|ness — sav|age «SAV ihj», adjective, noun, verb, aged, ag|ing. –adj. 1. not civilized; barbarous: »savage customs. Gaudy colors please a savage taste. ... the barriers, which had so long separated the savage and the civilized nations of the earth… …   Useful english dictionary

• ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

• sav — sav; sav·able; sav·age·dom; sav·age·ly; sav·age·ness; sav·age·rous; sav·age·ry; sav·ag·ism; sav·a·nil·la; sav·a·ra; sav·a·rin; sav·a·tion; sav·e·loy; sav·er; sav·in; sav·ing·ly; sav·ing·ness; sav·ior; sav·ior·ess; sav·ior·hood; sav·ior·ship;… …   English syllables

• sav´age|ly — sav|age «SAV ihj», adjective, noun, verb, aged, ag|ing. –adj. 1. not civilized; barbarous: »savage customs. Gaudy colors please a savage taste. ... the barriers, which had so long separated the savage and the civilized nations of the earth… …   Useful english dictionary

• sav|age — «SAV ihj», adjective, noun, verb, aged, ag|ing. –adj. 1. not civilized; barbarous: »savage customs. Gaudy colors please a savage taste. ... the barriers, which had so long separated the savage and the civilized nations of the earth (Edward… …   Useful english dictionary

• ing — aborn·ing; aw·ing; bear·ing; be·ing; bell·ing; berth·ing; bind·ing; boul·der·ing; brok·ing; brown·ing; cheese·par·ing; cleans·ing; clos·ing; con·cern·ing; con·sid·er·ing; cop·ing; cov·er·ing; crack·ing; crown·ing; duck·ing; dur·ing; en·dur·ing;… …   English syllables

• savingness — sav·ing·ness …   English syllables

• Savingness — Sav ing*ness, n. 1. The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. [1913 Webster] 2. Tendency to promote salvation. Johnson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• savage — sav•age [[t]ˈsæv ɪdʒ[/t]] adj. n. v. aged, ag•ing 1) fierce or ferocious; wild; untamed 2) uncivilized; barbarous 3) enraged or furiously angry 4) rugged or uncultivated, as country or scenery 5) an uncivilized human being 6) a fierce, brutal, or …   From formal English to slang

• er — er·i·an·thus; er·ic; er·i·ca; er·i·ca·ce·ae; er·i·cad; er·i·ca·les; er·i·ce·tal; er·i·ce·tic·o·lous; er·i·coid; er·i·co·phyte; erig·er·on; er·i·glos·sa; er·ik·ite; er·i·na·ceous; er·i·na·ceus; er·in·ite; er·i·nose; er·i·o·bot·rya;… …   English syllables