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wanwood

/ˌwɒnˈwʊd/

wanwood noun: a pale or withered forest; a ghostly wood, implying decay or melancholy.

Noun

wanwood (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) A pale or withered forest; a ghostly wood, implying decay or melancholy.
    • Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]1880, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Spring and Fall: To a Young Child”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC...

Origin of wanwood

From wan + wood.

Questions about wanwood

What does wanwood mean?
Wanwood means a pale or withered forest; a ghostly wood, implying decay or melancholy.
What part of speech is wanwood?
Wanwood is a noun.
How do you pronounce wanwood?
Wanwood is pronounced /ˌwɒnˈwʊd/ (UK).

Words near wanwood in the dictionary

  1. wantwits
  2. wanty
  3. Wantz
  4. Wantzes
  5. wanweird
  6. wanwood
  7. Wanxian
  8. wany
  9. Wanyakyusa
  10. Wanyamwezi
  11. Wanyoro

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