Found 4 items, similar to wanton.
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Definition: wanton
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Definition: wanton
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wanton
wanton
n : lewd or lascivious woman
wanton
v 1: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn:
piddle,
wanton away,
piddle away,
trifle]
2: indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
3: spend wastefully;
“wanton one's money away” [syn:
wanton away
,
trifle away]
4: become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously [syn:
luxuriate]
5: engage in amorous play
6: behave extremely cruelly and brutally
wanton
adj 1: occurring without motivation or provocation;
“motiveless
malignity”;
“unprovoked and dastardly attack”-
F.D.Roosevelt [syn:
motiveless,
unprovoked]
2: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior;
“her easy
virtue”;
“he was told to avoid loose (or light) women”;
“wanton behavior” [syn:
easy,
light,
loose,
promiscuous,
sluttish]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wanton
Wanton
\Wan"ton\, v. t.
To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
[Obs.]
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Wanton
\Wan"ton\, n.
1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a
term of endearment.
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I am afeard you make a wanton of me. --Shak.
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Peace, my wantons; he will do
More than you can aim unto. --B. Jonson.
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2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
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Anything, sir,
That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton.
--Beau. & Fl.
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3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
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Wanton
\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.]
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1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose;
free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
“In woods and wanton
wilderness.” --Spenser.
“A wild and wanton herd.”
--Shak.
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A wanton and a merry [friar]. --Chaucer.
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[She] her unadorned golden tresses wore
Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved. --Milton.
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How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise!
--Addison.
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2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
“Men
grown wanton by prosperity.” --Roscommon.
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3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd;
lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
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Not with wanton looking of folly. --Chaucer.
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[Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace,
Lascivious, wanton. --Shak.
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4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
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Wanton
\Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Wantoned; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Wantoning.]
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1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
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Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
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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.
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2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
lasciviously.
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