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wilderness noun [ ˈwɪldənɪs ]

• an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region.
Similar: wilds, wastes, uninhabited region, inhospitable region, uncultivated region, badlands, jungle, desert, bundu,
Origin: Old English wildēornes ‘land inhabited only by wild animals’, from wild dēor ‘wild deer’ + -ness.

a voice in the wilderness

• an unheeded advocate of reform (see Matt. 3:3 etc.).

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