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wantsome

wantsome adjective: characterised or marked by lack; poor; needy.

Adjective

wantsome (comparative more wantsome, superlative most wantsome)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) Characterised or marked by lack; poor; needy.
    • And to her gates the wantsome may
      From everie where resorte […]1908, original 1620, C. J. Evans, The Story of Glamorgan, page 30

Forms of wantsome

comparativemore wantsome
superlativemost wantsome

Origin of wantsome

From Middle English wantsum, equivalent to want + -some.

Questions about wantsome

What does wantsome mean?
Wantsome means characterised or marked by lack; poor; needy.
What part of speech is wantsome?
Wantsome is an adjective.

Words near wantsome in the dictionary

  1. wants no part of
  2. wants one's bumps feeling
  3. wants one's bumps felt
  4. wants out
  5. wants to know
  6. wantsome
  7. Wantsum
  8. wantum
  9. wantums
  10. wantwit
  11. wantwits

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