woest
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ʋust/
adj
Definitions
- concerning a creature and behavior wild, savage, feral, ferocious, furious
- concerning a place inhospitable, rough, wild; (poetic) desolate
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch woeste inherited from Old Dutch wuosti inherited from *wōstī (waste, desolate).
Origin
*wōstī
Gloss
waste, desolate
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process