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wanions

wanions is the plural of wanion.

Meaning of wanion

Noun

wanion (plural wanions)

  1. (obsolete) The wane of the moon.
  2. (obsolete) Curse.
    • S’foote what are these that pynch me? Goblins?
      A wanion on the Elues for me […]1617, John Davies, “It’s a mad world my Maisters. And a merry world my Mistrisses”, in Wits Bedlam, London
  3. (archaic) Vengeance (in the phrases in a wanion, with a wanion, “with a vengeance”).
    • And yet notwithstanding we must haue these goodly pageants played vpon the sabaoth day (in a wanion) because there are no mo daies in the week.1583, Philip Stubbs, “A fearfull Iudgement of GOD, shewed at the Theaters”, in The Anatomie of Abuses, London: Richard Jones

Questions about wanions

What is wanions the plural of?
Wanions is the plural of wanion.

Words near wanions in the dictionary

  1. waning moon
  2. waning moons
  3. waningly
  4. wanings
  5. wanion
  6. wanions
  7. Wanjala
  8. Wanji
  9. Wanjung
  10. wank
  11. wank bank

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