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wild (adj.) Old form(s): wilde
rash, reckless, careless
1H6 IV.iv.7[Somerset to Captain] Talbot / Hath sullied all his gloss of former honour / By this unheedful, desperate, wild adventure
Cor IV.i.36[Volumnia to Coriolanus] Determine on some course / More than a wild exposture to each chance
TC I.iii.340[Nestor to Ulysses, of Hector's challenge] Our imputation shall be oddly poised / In this wild action [F wild; Q vilde] >> willed (adj.)
WT II.i.182[Leontes to Antigonus, of Hermione's guilt] in an act of this importance 'twere / Most piteous to be wild
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