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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 togen , past participle of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See Tug , transitive ...
    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.» B. Jonson. 2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. « Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no bre ...
    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; to play loosely; to frolic. « Nature here wantoned as in her prime.» Milton. « How merrily we would sally into the ...
    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 no bred wanton.' (Beau. & Fl) ... 3. A lewd per ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. wanton
    noun lewd or lascivious woman
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

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

  9. Wanton
    `Wanton` may refer to: * an alternative spelling for Wonton, a Chinese dumpling * a word in English `DefinitionReckless; Heartless, Unjustifiable; Loose in morals; A spoiled, pampered person
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanton

  10. 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. • (n.) One brought up without restraint; a pamp...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. 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

  12. 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.aspx?s


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22 March 2010

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On March 22, 1888 was the first meeting to instate and organise the English Football League. It was William McGregor, a draper and Aston Villa's director in Scotland, was the first man who was tried to establish some rules to that chaotic world where previously teams agreed their own matches and games. The English Football League's first season started some months later in 1888 and dated on 8 September, there were 12 member clubs. read more

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