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What's The Definition Of Wanton?
[n] lewd or lascivious woman
[adj] casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" [adj] occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt [v] behave extremely cruelly and brutally [v] engage in amorous play [v] become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously [v] spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away" [v] indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life [v] waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently Synonyms | Synonyms for Wanton: easy | light | loose | luxuriate | motiveless | piddle | piddle away | promiscuous | sluttish | trifle | trifle away | unchaste | unmotivated | unprovoked | wanton away | wanton away Related Terms | Find terms related to Wanton: See Also | act | behave | butterfly | chat up | consume | coquet | coquette | dally | do | drop | expend | flirt | light-of-love | light-o'-love | live | mash | pass | philander | romance | sensualist | spend | spend | squander | ware | waste Wanton In Webster's Dictionary \Wan"ton\, a. [OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref.
wan- wanting (see {Wane}, v. i.), hence expressing negation +
towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of te['o]n to draw, to
educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See {Tug}, v.
t.]
1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose;
free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. ``In woods and wanton
wilderness.'' --Spenser. ``A wild and wanton herd.''
--Shak.
A wanton and a merry [friar]. --Chaucer.
[She] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled,
but in wanton ringlets waved. --Milton.
How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise!
--Addison.
2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. ``Men
grown wanton by prosperity.'' --Roscommon.
3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd;
lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
Not with wanton looking of folly. --Chaucer.
[Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace,
Lascivious, wanton. --Shak.
4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
\Wan"ton\, n. 1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment. I am afeard you make a wanton of me. --Shak. Peace, my wantons; he will do More than you can aim unto. --B. Jonson. 2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton. --Beau. & Fl. 3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wantoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wantoning}.] 1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton. 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! --Lamb. 2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously. \Wan"ton\, v. t. To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. [Obs.] |
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