wilding

Etymology 1

From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (“grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants”), equivalent to wild + -ing.

noun

  1. A wild apple or apple tree.
  2. Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, etc.

Etymology 2

From wild + -ing.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of wild
    Those boys are bad enough, and soon they'll start their wilding. 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 804

adj

  1. (poetic) Not cultivated or tame; wild.
    The wilding bee hums merrily by. a. 1844, William Cullen Bryant, The Gladness of Nature

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