wantonness
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Is wantonness a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.Examples: "The ſpirit of vvantonness is, ſure, ſcared out of him: if the devil have him not in fee-ſimple, vvith fine and recovery, he vvill never, I think, in the vvay of vvaſte, attempt us again."; "A vvantonneſſe in vvealth, methinks I agree not vvith, / Tis ſuch a trouble to be married too, / And have a thouſand things of great importance, / Jevvells and plates, and fooleries moleſt mee, / To have a mans brains vvhimſied with his vvealth: […]"; "A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: […]"uncountableusually
2. (countable, dated) A particular wanton act.Examples: "These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man."countabledatedusually
Definition source: Wiktionary