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wantoned

wantoned is the simple past and past participle of wanton.

Meaning of wanton

Verb

wanton (third-person singular simple present wantons, present participle wantoning, simple past and past participle wantoned)

  1. (intransitive) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
    • […] 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.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    revel, romp
  2. (transitive) To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (most often with away).
    • The young man wantoned away his inheritance.
  3. (intransitive) To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious.
    • Be loving and courteous to your fellow Servants, not gigling or idling out your time, or wantoning in the society of men […]1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, page 62

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Questions about wantoned

What is wantoned the simple past and past participle of?
Wantoned is the simple past and past participle of wanton.

Words near wantoned in the dictionary

  1. wantok
  2. wantokism
  3. wantoks
  4. wanton
  5. wanton kittens make sober cats
  6. wantoned
  7. wantoner
  8. wantoners
  9. wantonest
  10. wantoneth
  11. wantonhead

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