WANTON
\wˈɒntən], \wˈɒntən], \w_ˈɒ_n_t_ə_n]\
Definitions of WANTON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
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occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt
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behave extremely cruelly and brutally
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engage in amorous play
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indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
By Princeton University
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become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
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occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt
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behave extremely cruelly and brutally
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engage in amorous play
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indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
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Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
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Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
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Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
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One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
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To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
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To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
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To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
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A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; - used rarely as a term of endearment.
By Oddity Software
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Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
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Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
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Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
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Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
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One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
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To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
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To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
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To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
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A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; - used rarely as a term of endearment.
By Noah Webster.
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Unrestrained; roving; sportive; trifling; loose in morals; reckless; malicious; as, wanton desruction of property.
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A man or woman of loose, immoral habits.
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To pass the time in reckless pleasure; revel.
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To spend or waste recklessly.
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Wantonly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Wantonly.
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A wanton or lewd person, esp. a female: a trifler.
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To ramble without restraint: to frolic: to play lasciviously.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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