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adj (English)
1. (archaic) Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.Examples: "As Flies to wanton Boyes are we to th' Gods, / They kill us for their sport."; "'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, looſe, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, vaſt / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop."Synonyms: anarchic, rampantarchaic
2. (obsolete) Playful, sportive; merry or carefree.Examples: "The grave simplicity of the philosopher was ill calculated to engage her wanton levity, or to fix that unbounded passion for variety, which often discovered personal merit in the meanest of mankind."Synonyms: coltish, frisky, frolicsome, abuzz, agile, airy, alive, animateobsolete
3. (archaic) Extravagant, unrestrained, excessive.Examples: "the market price will rise more or less above the natural price, according as either the greatness of the deficiency, or the wealth and wanton luxury of the competitors, happen to animate more or less the eagerness of the competition."; "But do not think it argues change of temper since I wrote the Frère review, or a wanton praise of one man and blame of another."Synonyms: lavish, luxuriant, prodigal, excessive, extravagant, unmeasured, unreasonable, extremearchaic
noun (English)
1. (archaic) A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.Examples: "...paints with tremendous force the adulteries of the two wantons Aholah and Aholibah, Israel and Judah, and their love of strangers..."; "However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie—did actually solicit me, did actually say ‘coming home to-night, dearie’ and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman."Synonyms: player, roué, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucherarchaic
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.Examples: "[…] We will fetch thee straight / Adonis painted by a running brook, / And Cytherea all in sedges hid, / Which seem to move and wanton with her breath / Even as the waving sedges play wi’ th’ wind."; "[…] Nature here / Wantond as in her prime, and plaid at will / Her Virgin Fancies […]"; "How merrily we would sally into the fields; and strip under the first warmth of the sun; and wanton like young dace in the streams […]"Synonyms: revel, rompintransitive
2. (transitive) To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (most often with away).Examples: "The young man wantoned away his inheritance."; "[W]ith this money the King shall wanton away his time in pleasures […]"; "[…] Samson, having wantoned away his strength and paying the penalty […]"Synonyms: lavish, splash out, splurge, throw awaytransitive
3. (intransitive) To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious.Examples: "Be loving and courteous to your fellow Servants, not gigling or idling out your time, or wantoning in the society of men […]"; "Happy he that ſips Eternally ſuch Nectar dovvn, that unconfin'd may Lave, and VVanton there in ſateleſs Draughts of ever ſpringing Beauty— […]"; "[…] whole herds or flocks of other women securely, and scarce regarded, traverse the park, the play, the opera, and the assembly; and though, for the most part at least, they are at last devoured, yet for a long time do they wanton in liberty, without disturbance or controul."Synonyms: colt, rig, blissom, chamber, colt, gill, harlot, harlotizeintransitive
noun (English)
1. (Philippines, Singapore) wonton (Chinese dumpling)Examples: "Add wanton, chives and vegetables to broth and season with 1 tablespoon salt, ½ teaspoon sesame oil, and 1 chicken cube."; "Spread mayonnaise sparingly on one side of each of the wantons. Now make a stepped sandwich so that you can see about one-third of each type of fish on your serving plate. Start with one wanton, mayonnaise-side up, cover with a slice of tuna add another wanton, mayonnaise-side up, leaving one-third of the tuna showing."; "Dumplings, wanton, and spring rolls are typical Han foods."PhilippinesSingapore
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