Wil'der-ness, n.

n. [A-S. wildeórness, D. wildernis, Dan. vildnis, Ger. wildnisz.] 1. A tract of land or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert. The watery wilderness yields no supply. Waller. 2. The state or quality of being wild or disorderly; wildness; confusion. [Obs.] These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wilderness with ease. Milton.