Wildernesse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wildernesse is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of wilderness.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of wilderness.
Example Sentences
For ſtill he traueild through wide waſtfull ground, / That nought but deſert wilderneſſe ſhewed all around.
What ſhould I thinke, / Heauen ſhield my Mother plaid my Father faire: / For ſuch a warped ſlip of wilderneſſe / Nere iſſu'd from his blood.
[T]he virgins thou haſt rob'd of all their wiſhes, / blaſted their blowing hopes, turn'd their ſongs, / their mirthful Marriage-ſongs to Funerals, / the Land thou haſt left a wilderneſſe of wretches.
Strange it is, that he reporteth of the miraculous workes of ſome of them, that they may ſeeme (as he ſaith) incarnate Deuils: […] ſome dwell amongſt men, ſome by themſelues apart, and ſome in Wilderneſſe: […]
Word Forms
- wildernesses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brambly, wasteness, wastness, foreste, natuer, countrie.
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