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Look up: Wanton

  1. wanton
    [n] - lewd or lascivious woman 2. [v] - indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life 3. [v] - spend wastefully 4. [v] - engage in amorous play 5. [v] - behave extremely cruelly and brutally
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Wanton
    Wan'ton adjective [ Middle English wantoun , contr. from wantowen ; prefix wan- wanting (see Wane , intransitive verb ), hence expressing negation + towen , past participle , Anglo-Saxon to...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  3. Wanton
    Wan'ton noun 1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment. « I am afeard you make a wanton of me.» Shak. « Peace, my wantons ; he will do More than you can aim unto.&#...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  4. Wanton
    Wan'ton intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Wantoned ; present participle & verbal noun Wantoning .] 1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; t...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  5. Wanton
    Wan'ton transitive verb To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. [ Obsolete]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/6

  6. wanton
    1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; used rarely as a term of endearment. 'I am afeard you make a wanton of me.' (Shak) 'Peace, my wantons; he will do More than you can aim unto.' (B. Jonson) ... 2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. 'Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. wanton
    noun lewd or lascivious woman
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. wanton
    trifle away verb spend wastefully; `wanton one`s money away`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Wanton
    • (n.) A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. • (v. t.) Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. • (v. t.) To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. • (v. t.) Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. &b...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. Wanton
    (adj) An action is classified as 'wanton' when it was executed with gross negligence disregarding the safety and security of the public and property or social existence etc . For example carrying gunpowder or crackers carelessly in a market place, walking nude etc.
    Found on http://www.legal-explanations.com/defini

  11. wanton
    adj. 1) grossly negligent to the extent of being recklessly unconcerned with the safety of people or property. Examples: speeding by a school while it is letting out students or firing a shotgun in a public park. 2) sexually immoral and unrestrained.
    Found on http://dictionary.law.com/Default.xhtml?



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