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wild about, be
wild about, be
Be highly excited or enthusiastic about, as in She was just wild about that jazz band. This usage replaced the slightly earlier wild after. [Second half of 1800s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Abisai | | - | Biblical Latin |
| Feidlimid | | - | Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology |
| Ime (1) | | - | Western African, Ibibio |
| Gonca | | - | Turkish |
| Berach | | BAHR-akh | Irish |
| Hiawatha | | hie-ə-WAHTH-ə (English) | History, Native American, Iroquois |