tameless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English tame Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English tameless From tame + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not tamed; not tamable, unable to be tamed; wild.
Then seemed it that a tameless hurricane / Arose, and bore me in its dark career / Beyond the sun, beyond the stars that wane / On the verge of formless space […].
1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 216:[W]hen the guard came to fetch the tameless convict, they found him on his knees in a corner, sobbing like a child.
1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 278:
Deriveds
Synonyms
ferine · uplandish · untame · indomite · feral · indomite · tameless · savage · untame · wild · savage · untamed