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wit-wanton

wit-wanton is the alternative form of witwanton.

Meaning of witwanton

Noun

witwanton (plural witwantons)

  1. (archaic) One who indulges in idle, foolish, and irreverent fancies or speculations; one who tries to be cleverly amusing but falls short.
    • All epicures, witwantons, atheists.1613, Josuah Sylvester, Lachrymae Lachrymarum

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Forms of wit-wanton

pluralwit-wantons

Questions about wit-wanton

What is wit-wanton the alternative form of?
Wit-wanton is the alternative form of witwanton.

Words near wit-wanton in the dictionary

  1. wit-cracker
  2. wit-crackers
  3. wit-cracking
  4. wit-monger
  5. wit-mongers
  6. wit-wanton
  7. wit-wantons
  8. wit.
  9. witan
  10. witans
  11. Witbeck

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