": a Jew of medieval legend condemned by Christ to wander the earth till Christ's second coming":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202616",
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"noun"
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"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
],
"definitions":{
": dim , faint":[],
": lacking vitality : feeble":[],
": languid":[
"a wan smile"
],
": suggestive of poor health : sickly , pallid":[],
": to grow or become pale or sickly":[],
": wide area network":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She gave a wan laugh.",
"she looks a little wan after all that tiring work",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"And the sky went wan , and the wind came cold, And the sun rose dripping, a bucketful of gold. \u2014 Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 Apr. 2020",
"If the land in question has been converted from agricultural fields to golf-course acreage, the net impact of those other factors might actually be lessened, but that\u2019s a wan exculpation. \u2014 David Quammen, Outside Online , 2 Mar. 2020",
"What seemed inventive and clever in the confines of a small off-Broadway theater feels utterly wan in its current incarnation. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Oct. 2019",
"The industrial lagers were flavorless, wan and dilute; craft beer, by contrast, would be rich, complex and delicious. \u2014 Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com , 31 Jan. 2020",
"That was the epoch of Tide football spearheaded by the Mikes \u2014 DuBose, Price and Shula with a dash of Dennis Franchione added into a wan mix of uninspired, sometimes scandalous leadership at the dawn of this century. \u2014 Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press , 30 Dec. 2019",
"Evans managed both to placate the money men at Gulf & Western, who wanted to sell Paramount because of its wan revenue, and become a peer of Hollywood's rambunctious talent. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Oct. 2019",
"Our family just discovered Gobi Manchurian, and for anyone who considers cauliflower a wan version of broccoli, try this and banish thoughts of soggy vegetables from your mind. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2018",
"The beautiful young actress turns into a wan woman in a bandana and mismatched clothes. \u2014 Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Sep. 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1578, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1983, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English wann dark, livid":"Adjective"
": a handheld device used to enter information (as from a bar code) into a computer":[],
": a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians":[],
": a slender staff carried in a procession : verge":[]
},
"examples":[
"The cashier used a wand to scan the bar code.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This handy shower wand , which can attach to your shower or a garden hose, is specially designed to make bathtime easier and speedier, even on pups with thick coats. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard And Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 21 June 2022",
"It's equipped with a telescoping wand , a dusting brush, an upholstery tool and a crevice tool to tackle stairs, lamps shades, ceiling moldings and more. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
"The device can also be converted into a handheld vacuum, accompanied by several attachments like an extension wand , crevice nozzle, and dusting brush. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Now the brand is stocked at Ulta, Target, and Amazon, and has a full range of acne-friendly products, like the Glamour Beauty Award-winning sheer SPF sunscreen, a dark-spot brightening wand , and a jelly cleanser. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
"The sonographer put the goop on the little wand , rubbed it over my wife\u2019s belly, and there was our girl, tucked into her little nook, squirming with wild energy. \u2014 Carter Bays, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"The 2-gallon tank is made from durable steel, and even the 12-inch wand and nozzle are built from brass. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 20 May 2022",
"And somewhere around the third smoking wand of Orange Apricot cannabis flower, public pot smoking went from feeling strange and new to feeling like the most natural thing in the world. \u2014 Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Undo the lock and engage the wand one last time to release any remaining water and pressure from the nozzle. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, slender stick, from Old Norse v\u01ebndr ; probably akin to Old English windan to wind, twist \u2014 more at wind entry 3":""
},
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"\u02c8w\u00e4nd"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103012",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"wand bearer":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a verger in some English cathedrals":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181931",
"type":[
"noun"
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"wander":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to follow a winding course : meander":[],
": to go astray (as from a course) : stray":[
"wandered away from the group"
],
": to go astray morally : err":[],
": to go idly about : ramble":[
"wandering around the house"
],
": to lose normal mental contact : stray in thought":[
"his mind wandered"
],
": to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal":[],
": to roam over":[
"wandered the halls"
]
},
"examples":[
"I was just wandering around the house.",
"They wandered down the street.",
"Students were wandering the halls.",
"He wandered away from the trail and got lost.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even though most of us wander the city or try to take in different boroughs or even just ride the subway, some people seem to never do those things. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"There were times this season when Palm Beach Central had numerous scouts at practice, creating the type of pressure that could make hands shake, knees buckle, or minds wander . \u2014 Franco Panizo, Sun Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"These high-energy particles then slam into any photons that wander nearby, energizing them through a process called Compton scattering and turning them into more X-rays. \u2014 Paul Sutter, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
"Other visitors come to catch a show at the Grand Ole Opry, pay homage at the Country Music Hall of Fame, wander hipster shops in East Nashville or catch an up-and-coming singer-songwriter at famed venues such as the Bluebird Cafe. \u2014 Larry Bleiberg, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The films show a world in which several dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Parasaurolophus, Compsognathus and Mosasaurus, have been resurrected and wander freely around an island. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"And his lyrics with Silverman too often wander in search of a rhyme, then, sighting one in the distance, botch it. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The post-pandemic urge to spend time outdoors and away from crowds is part of the pull alongside the ever-present desire to escape the urban areas we\u2019ve been cooped up in and instead wander across new terrain. \u2014 Corrina Allen-kiersons, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"In most cases when bears wander into an Oklahoma town, the animals are tranquilized, captured and relocated by state wildlife officials. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English wandren , from Old English wandrian ; akin to Middle High German wandern to wander, Old English windan to wind, twist":""
},
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"\u02c8w\u00e4n-d\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for wander wander , roam , ramble , rove , traipse , meander mean to go about from place to place usually without a plan or definite purpose. wander implies an absence of or an indifference to a fixed course. fond of wandering about the square just watching the people roam suggests wandering about freely and often far afield. liked to roam through the woods ramble stresses carelessness and indifference to one's course or objective. the speaker rambled on without ever coming to the point rove suggests vigorous and sometimes purposeful roaming. armed brigands roved over the countryside traipse implies a course that is erratic but may sometimes be purposeful. traipsed all over town looking for the right dress meander implies a winding or intricate course suggestive of aimless or listless wandering. the river meanders for miles through rich farmland",
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210546",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wanderer":{
"antonyms":[],
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": to follow a winding course : meander":[],
": to go astray (as from a course) : stray":[
"wandered away from the group"
],
": to go astray morally : err":[],
": to go idly about : ramble":[
"wandering around the house"
],
": to lose normal mental contact : stray in thought":[
"his mind wandered"
],
": to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal":[],
": to roam over":[
"wandered the halls"
]
},
"examples":[
"I was just wandering around the house.",
"They wandered down the street.",
"Students were wandering the halls.",
"He wandered away from the trail and got lost.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even though most of us wander the city or try to take in different boroughs or even just ride the subway, some people seem to never do those things. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"There were times this season when Palm Beach Central had numerous scouts at practice, creating the type of pressure that could make hands shake, knees buckle, or minds wander . \u2014 Franco Panizo, Sun Sentinel , 18 June 2022",
"These high-energy particles then slam into any photons that wander nearby, energizing them through a process called Compton scattering and turning them into more X-rays. \u2014 Paul Sutter, Ars Technica , 17 June 2022",
"Other visitors come to catch a show at the Grand Ole Opry, pay homage at the Country Music Hall of Fame, wander hipster shops in East Nashville or catch an up-and-coming singer-songwriter at famed venues such as the Bluebird Cafe. \u2014 Larry Bleiberg, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"The films show a world in which several dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Parasaurolophus, Compsognathus and Mosasaurus, have been resurrected and wander freely around an island. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"And his lyrics with Silverman too often wander in search of a rhyme, then, sighting one in the distance, botch it. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"The post-pandemic urge to spend time outdoors and away from crowds is part of the pull alongside the ever-present desire to escape the urban areas we\u2019ve been cooped up in and instead wander across new terrain. \u2014 Corrina Allen-kiersons, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"In most cases when bears wander into an Oklahoma town, the animals are tranquilized, captured and relocated by state wildlife officials. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English wandren , from Old English wandrian ; akin to Middle High German wandern to wander, Old English windan to wind, twist":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u00e4n-d\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for wander wander , roam , ramble , rove , traipse , meander mean to go about from place to place usually without a plan or definite purpose. wander implies an absence of or an indifference to a fixed course. fond of wandering about the square just watching the people roam suggests wandering about freely and often far afield. liked to roam through the woods ramble stresses carelessness and indifference to one's course or objective. the speaker rambled on without ever coming to the point rove suggests vigorous and sometimes purposeful roaming. armed brigands roved over the countryside traipse implies a course that is erratic but may sometimes be purposeful. traipsed all over town looking for the right dress meander implies a winding or intricate course suggestive of aimless or listless wandering. the river meanders for miles through rich farmland",
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060707",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wandering":{
"antonyms":[],
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": a going about from place to place":[
"\u2014 often used in plural"
],
": characterized by aimless, slow, or pointless movement: such as":[],
": having long runners or tendrils":[],
": movement away from the proper, normal, or usual course or place":[
"\u2014 often used in plural"
],
": nomadic":[
"wandering tribes"
],
": not keeping a rational or sensible course : vagrant":[],
": that winds or meanders":[
"a wandering course"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"your decidedly wandering essay loses its punch\u2014stick to one theme",
"a wandering carnival that visited small towns all over the South",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This idea is explored at length in a wandering and wonderful Tim Ferris conversation with Balaji. \u2014 Tom Vander Ark, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021",
"The tapes include the distortions of a do-it-yourself recording project, with its prickly static and wandering amplification. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 25 Feb. 2020",
"And the team found that artificial traps with feathers around them captured more wandering arthropods than those without. \u2014 Joshua Rapp Learn, Scientific American , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Donovan was born in Glasgow, Scotland and was a high school dropout and sort of wandering beach bum, according to his bio. \u2014 Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al , 4 Aug. 2019",
"Little little orishas is the story of Sango, a simple-minded and defiant wandering spirit, and his gentle sister Oya. \u2014 Ciku Kimeria, Quartz Africa , 2 June 2019",
"Cormier is a storyteller who celebrates song itself and the wandering spirit that infuses folk music and the lives of many folk singers. \u2014 John Adamian, courant.com , 17 Mar. 2018",
"Numerous officers responded to find the girl\u2019s parents after passersby reported the wandering toddler, police said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 26 Mar. 2018",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"While cleaning out the Father\u2019s things, for instance, Alice comes across a dictionary; Chen tracks the wandering of her mind in a rangy mini-essay about literacy, from immigrant assimilation to prison libraries to the Internet. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
"For all her wandering , Lambert\u2019s partner remains her true north in this upbeat, sweet ode to a love that distance only make grow fonder. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 29 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s wonders in this world beyond our wandering . \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 13 Feb. 2022",
"The wandering of these electrons across a battery cell is what generates a current. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s endless wandering , and with no overarching map to reference or waypoints to set, Shadow Man\u2019s moment-to-moment gameplay is a dated, tedious exercise in frustration. \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The tracking program helped slow his wandering , but could not stop it. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"But Tesla also needs to sort out its high-speed wandering . \u2014 Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver , 8 Dec. 2021",
"Cinematographer Behrouz Badrouj resists over-prettifying proceedings in her wandering , inquisitive takes. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 10 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u00e4n-d\u0259-ri\u014b",
"\u02c8w\u00e4n-d(\u0259-)ri\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"desultory",
"digressional",
"digressionary",
"digressive",
"discursive",
"excursive",
"leaping",
"maundering",
"meandering",
"rambling"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043839",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"wandering albatross":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a large white albatross ( Diomedea exulans ) of southern oceans that has black outer wing feathers and a wingspan of about 11 feet (3.4 meters)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Humpback whales, elephant seals, and the wandering albatross , a seabird with a wingspan as long as a male great white shark, all call this area home. \u2014 Leah Feiger, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2021",
"The wandering albatross looks not much different from a seagull, except it\u2019s enormous. \u2014 Colin Daileda, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140514",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wane":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"definitions":{
": a defect in lumber characterized by bark or a lack of wood at a corner or edge":[],
": the act or process of waning":[
"strength on the wane"
],
": to become less brilliant or powerful : dim":[],
": to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle : such as":[],
": to diminish in phase or intensity":[
"\u2014 used chiefly of the moon, other satellites, and inferior planets"
],
": to fall gradually from power, prosperity, or influence":[],
": to flow out : ebb":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The moon waxes and then wanes .",
"The scandal caused her popularity to wane .",
"Interest in this issue has continued to wane .",
"the waning days of summer",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Birx said coronavirus surges in other countries\u2014including South Africa\u2014tend to come every four to six months, suggesting that people's natural immunity from prior Covid-19 infections may wane over that period. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 1 May 2022",
"The analysis assumes that the pandemic will wane over the next few years. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The senior Biden administration official said Tuesday that, theoretically, there is some protection offered from a previous smallpox vaccination, but there is not good evidence on how much protection \u2013 and that protection could wane over time. \u2014 Jacqueline Howard, CNN , 24 May 2022",
"Vaccination triggers development of antibodies that can fend off coronavirus infection but naturally wane over time. \u2014 Lauran Neergaard, ajc , 24 Apr. 2022",
"His abilities seem to grow and wane with the lunar cycle (hence the name Moon Knight). \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Available supply could wane as other countries place orders, a Biden administration official said. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Most of our own allies have stepped forward already, but willpower may wane over time. \u2014 Elliott Abrams, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Protection from first and even second boosters will wane by this fall. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Indeed, the idea that a successful short film is merely an entry ticket to feature filmmaking opportunities appears to be on the wane . \u2014 Andrew Barker, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"While the venerable oil fields are on the wane , industry executives say drilling in the Black Sea could produce enough natural gas to turn Romania, now a modest importer, into the largest producer in the European Union. \u2014 New York Times , 15 June 2022",
"The city imposed limited lockdowns, but nothing near a citywide level, in a much smaller outbreak that appears to be on the wane . \u2014 Brenda Goh, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 June 2022",
"As the years pass and emotions wane , perhaps the two sides resume negotiations. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Last month, with the pandemic on the wane and restrictions eased, the queen shrugged off recent health issues to attend a service of thanksgiving for Philip at Westminster Abbey, entering the abbey on the arm of Andrew, her second son. \u2014 Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Last month, with the pandemic on the wane and restrictions eased, the queen shrugged off recent health issues to attend a service of thanksgiving for Philip at Westminster Abbey, entering the abbey on the arm of Andrew, her second son. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"While Griner\u2019s fame and privilege could shield her somewhat, her identity as a Black gay woman athlete facing the Russian legal system is a precarious one, and as the war intensifies and diplomatic options wane , Americans must not look away. \u2014 Peniel Joseph, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The city imposed limited lockdowns, but nothing near a citywide level, in a much smaller outbreak that appears to be on the wane . \u2014 Emily Wang Fujiyama And Ken Moritsugu, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English wanien, wanen , going back to Old English wanian , going back to Germanic *wan\u014djan- (whence Old High German wan\u014dn \"to lessen,\" Old Norse vana ), weak verb derivative from *wano- \"deficient, absent,\" whence Old English & Old High German wan \"lacking, deficient,\" Old Norse vanr , Gothic wans ; akin to Latin v\u0101nus \"empty, vain,\" Greek e\u00fbnis \"bereft (of), without,\" Sanskrit \u016bna- \"deficient, defective\"":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for wane Verb abate , subside , wane , ebb mean to die down in force or intensity. abate stresses the idea of progressive diminishing. the storm abated subside implies the ceasing of turbulence or agitation. the protests subsided after a few days wane suggests the fading or weakening of something good or impressive. waning enthusiasm ebb suggests the receding of something (such as the tide) that commonly comes and goes. the ebbing of daylight",
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away ",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"subside",
"taper",
"taper off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063240",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wangle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to adjust or manipulate for personal or fraudulent ends":[],
": to make or get by devious means : finagle":[
"wangle an invitation"
],
": to resort to trickery or devious methods":[]
},
"examples":[
"He wangled a free ticket to the show.",
"He managed to wangle his way into the party.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Discussions of how to wangle free shipping or discounts dovetailed with a proposition that the group start a fund-raiser for a family in need\u2014a worthy use for money saved. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2021",
"That was the only way for the Florida to wangle into any election controversy this time. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
"The court ruled that Mr Atambayev had helped wangle the early release from prison of a mafia don, Aziz Batukayev, supposedly on compassionate grounds, using a fake diagnosis of leukaemia. \u2014 The Economist , 27 June 2020",
"By contrast, as the world has ground to a halt around them, Harry and Meghan are still wangling to make everything about them. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Legendre\u2019s social connections had wangled her a secretarial role in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). \u2014 The Economist , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Breslow\u2019s family managed to wangle one ticket to Cuba and decided the father should go first. \u2014 Jeff Gammage, Philly.com , 9 June 2018",
"And Begbie (Robert Carlyle) \u2014 whose drug of choice has always been violence \u2014 has just wangled an appropriately bloody escape from prison. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 16 Mar. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1888, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps alteration of waggle":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wa\u014b-g\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"contrive",
"engineer",
"finagle",
"finesse",
"frame",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053840",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wannabe":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who wants or aspires to be someone or something else or who tries to look or act like someone else":[]
},
"examples":[
"an entrepreneur who seems to have made his fortune mainly by giving how-to-get-rich lectures to entrepreneurial wannabes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Willa\u2019s account of what happens when the leader goes missing is intercut with scenes from her earlier life, involving her influencer- wannabe cousins, dumpster diving, and her infatuation with a Harvard professor. \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"The law firm, says Josh Gerben, founder of Gerben Intellectual Property, is likely to be fronting for someone else, perhaps a squatter who hopes to trademark the name, Uncle Vanya, and then sell it to a McDonald\u2019s wannabe in Russia. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Others see him as a vigilante and police wannabe who never should have been armed in Kenosha in the first place. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Jones turns both sides of Two-Face into a limp wannabe Joker. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Haven\u2019t resurrected this Hendrix wannabe in many a day. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Others see him as a vigilante and police wannabe who never should have been armed in Kenosha in the first place. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Central to the wannabe -rousing tone is Tommy Emmanuel and Don Harper\u2019s pushy score, which is awash in elegiac acoustic guitar, tender orchestral strings and melodic flutes. \u2014 Nick Schager, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Others see him as a vigilante and police wannabe who never should have been armed in Kenosha in the first place. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"1976, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"from the phrase want to be":""
},
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccb\u0113"
],
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"aper",
"copycat",
"copyist",
"echo",
"follower",
"imitator",
"rubber stamp"
],
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"noun"
]
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": a person who wants or aspires to be someone or something else or who tries to look or act like someone else":[]
},
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"an entrepreneur who seems to have made his fortune mainly by giving how-to-get-rich lectures to entrepreneurial wannabes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Willa\u2019s account of what happens when the leader goes missing is intercut with scenes from her earlier life, involving her influencer- wannabe cousins, dumpster diving, and her infatuation with a Harvard professor. \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"The law firm, says Josh Gerben, founder of Gerben Intellectual Property, is likely to be fronting for someone else, perhaps a squatter who hopes to trademark the name, Uncle Vanya, and then sell it to a McDonald\u2019s wannabe in Russia. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Others see him as a vigilante and police wannabe who never should have been armed in Kenosha in the first place. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Jones turns both sides of Two-Face into a limp wannabe Joker. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Haven\u2019t resurrected this Hendrix wannabe in many a day. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Others see him as a vigilante and police wannabe who never should have been armed in Kenosha in the first place. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Central to the wannabe -rousing tone is Tommy Emmanuel and Don Harper\u2019s pushy score, which is awash in elegiac acoustic guitar, tender orchestral strings and melodic flutes. \u2014 Nick Schager, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Others see him as a vigilante and police wannabe who never should have been armed in Kenosha in the first place. \u2014 The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"1976, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8w\u00e4-n\u0259-\u02ccb\u0113"
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"aper",
"copycat",
"copyist",
"echo",
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"imitator",
"rubber stamp"
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"absence",
"dearth",
"lack"
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": to be needy or destitute":[],
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"wants out of the deal"
],
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": to have a strong desire for":[
"wanted a chance to rest"
],
": to have an inclination to : like":[
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],
": to have need of : require":[
"the motor wants a tune-up"
],
": to have or feel need":[
"never wants for friends"
],
": to hunt or seek in order to apprehend":[
"wanted for murder"
],
": to suffer from the lack of":[
"thousands still want food and shelter"
],
": to wish or demand the presence of":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Do you want more coffee",
"He wants a bicycle for his birthday.",
"I just wanted a chance to rest.",
"She wanted more time to finish the test.",
"Do you want anything from the store",
"What do you want for Christmas",
"You can choose whichever color you want .",
"The motor wants a tune-up.",
"Thousands of poor people still want food and shelter.",
"Tell him that the teacher wants him.",
"Noun",
"His attitude shows a want of proper respect.",
"He is suffering from want of adequate sleep.",
"people who are living in want",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Indian authorities don\u2019t want citizens to have access to Pakistani views\u2014especially the official ones. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 29 June 2022",
"As the January 6 attack unfolded, Cipollone warned Meadows that Trump needed to do something or else people would die; Meadows, according to Hutchinson, responded that Trump didn't want to do anything. \u2014 Elie Honig, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Those who experience warm glow after a small beneficial act\u2014in her experiment, performing a task that raised money for an environmental organization\u2014 want to do more. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 28 June 2022",
"The Justice Department does not want to say that Trump \u2014 Biden\u2019s political rival \u2014 ... \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 28 June 2022",
"But Matten doesn\u2019t want to play just any Native superhero shooting pixie dust out of her palms. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
"After missing the first month of the WNBA season while helping the Dallas Mavericks to the Western Conference finals, the Sparks guard/Dallas assistant coach doesn\u2019t want to rush or force things. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"Courts generally don't want to waste time deciding them. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"More importantly, Hutchins doesn\u2019t want to see his friend get captured, hurt or killed. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So while the Ukrainians have their sights set on Kherson, any effort to liberate the city ultimately could fail for a want of manpower. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Sometimes the authorities appear to have a compelling case, only to have an order denied for want of a witness. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"That was a time when actually people needed a bit of\u2014for want of a better word\u2014humor and silliness and joy and irony. \u2014 Vogue , 29 May 2022",
"For want of more investment from commercial broadcasters and platforms, however, the public sector finance in Catalonia and beyond looks to remain a key growth driver. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"But that\u2019s not for want of natural and historical wonders. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"My grandparents lived in insular communities, partly out of want , mostly out of necessity; Sindhi refugees often found themselves on the boundaries of social acceptability in predominantly Hindu India. \u2014 Pooja Makhijani, Bon App\u00e9tit , 6 May 2022",
"The details of a meager existence, the dented and stolen aluminum trays on which the family eats, the turds that must be dodged on the way to the sewer come together in Mishra\u2019s prose to create an unforgivable panorama of want . \u2014 Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic , 5 May 2022",
"But there\u2019s still a want and need for a quarterback of his level of success in our league. \u2014 Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
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"Middle English, from Old Norse vanta ; akin to Old English wan deficient":"Verb"
},
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"and \u02c8w\u0259nt",
"\u02c8w\u00e4nt",
"\u02c8w\u022fnt",
"also \u02c8w\u00e4nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for want Verb desire , wish , want , crave , covet mean to have a longing for. desire stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim. desires to start a new life wish sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable. wishes for permanent world peace want specifically suggests a felt need or lack. wants to have a family crave stresses the force of physical appetite or emotional need. craves sweets covet implies strong envious desire. covets his rise to fame Noun poverty , indigence , penury , want , destitution mean the state of one with insufficient resources. poverty may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an absence of material comforts. the extreme poverty of the slum dwellers indigence implies seriously straitened circumstances. the indigence of her years as a graduate student penury suggests a cramping or oppressive lack of money. a catastrophic illness that condemned them to years of penury want and destitution imply extreme poverty that threatens life itself through starvation or exposure. lived in a perpetual state of want the widespread destitution in countries beset by famine",
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"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for ",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for ",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
],
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"absent",
"minus",
"sans",
"without"
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"a month wanting two days"
],
": not being up to standards or expectations":[],
": not present or in evidence : absent":[],
": without":[
"a book wanting a cover"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"we tried her cooking and found it to be very wanting",
"at this time of year food for many wild animals is wanting",
"Preposition",
"a mitten wanting its mate",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Maybe our poor and wanting selves are our only authentic ones, and all others performances of convenience or necessity. \u2014 Rafia Zakaria, The New Republic , 5 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t let your husband convince you that being needy and wanting affection are the same thing. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Lucero really has nowhere else to go but up after a subpar performance against a wanting pass defense and has the talent and poise to lead the offense in Tyler Johnston\u2019s absence. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 29 Oct. 2020"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Preposition"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u00e4n-",
"\u02c8w\u00e4n-ti\u014b",
"\u02c8w\u022fn-ti\u014b"
],
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"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011111",
"type":[
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"preposition"
]
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"flirt",
"flirter"
],
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": causing sexual excitement : lustful , sensual":[],
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": having no just foundation or provocation : malicious":[
"a wanton attack"
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": lewd , bawdy":[],
": luxuriantly rank":[
"wanton vegetation"
],
": merciless , inhumane":[
"wanton cruelty"
],
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"\u2014 used especially in the phrase play the wanton"
],
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": to be wanton or act wantonly (see wanton entry 1 )":[],
": to pass or waste wantonly or in wantonness":[],
": unduly lavish : extravagant":[
"wanton imagination"
]
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"No artist should be subjected to this much wanton affection: it's unseemly, like being hugged by a stranger who won't let go. \u2014 James Wolcott , New Republic , 30 Aug. 2004",
"I also wrote that innocent people would die as a consequence of the wanton , lawless destruction of medical stocks in a dirt-poor country. \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Nation , 31 May 1999",
"While I was happy to find Mr. Pollan firmly allied with those of us who oppose the wanton broadcast of pesticides and inorganic fertilizers on lawn and garden, I wish he had lingered a little longer over this vital subject. \u2014 Maxine Kumin , New York Times Book Review , 9 June 1991",
"Vandals were guilty of the wanton destruction of the school property.",
"They were accused of wanton cruelty toward animals.",
"He showed a wanton disregard for his friend's feelings.",
"a life of wanton luxury",
"Noun",
"He practiced the anathema he would hurl at her from his pulpit when her shame was known\u2014hussy, slut, harlot and wanton featured heavily \u2026 \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
"During the middle years of their marriage \u2026 his campaign to free his bride so that she could become a wanton had languished. \u2014 Andrew M. Greeley , Ascent into Hell , 1983",
"My informal education had begun the afternoon in Belleville Park when I discovered that girls were wantons willing to sneak away to shaded glades to be kissed. \u2014 Russell Baker , Growing Up , 1982",
"Verb",
"It might well be, said Mrs McNab, wantoning on with her memories; they had friends in eastern countries; gentlemen staying there, ladies in evening dress; she had seen them once through the dining-room door all sitting at dinner. \u2014 Virginia Woolf , To the Lighthouse , 1927",
"\u2026 for Nature here / Wantoned as in her prime and played at will / Her virgin fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss. \u2014 John Milton , Paradise Lost , 1667",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The man was given a court summons for willful wanton disregard for both safety and private property, leaving the scene of a crash and the red-light violation. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 1 May 2020",
"Now Senate Republicans have given Trump a pass on another wanton abuse of power. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2020",
"Twan Moore, 25, was charged with first degree wanton endangerment, second degree disorderly conduct and one charge of firing a firearm on a public road. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 5 May 2020",
"Burnett is being charged with wanton endangerment in the first degree, contempt of a court libel/slander resistance to order, and criminal mischief in the second degree. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Sullivan is charged with burglary, kidnapping and wanton endangerment. \u2014 Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com , 23 Apr. 2020",
"He's been charged with murder, two counts of first degree wanton endangerment and first degree assault. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Some believe the wanton slaughter produced the unsanitary conditions that triggered the plague. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Like any migratory gamebird, wanton waste, which means to intentionally waste, neglect, or use inappropriately, comes into play. \u2014 Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What eye can trace them, in their varied wanton amorous chaces, bounding and fluttering on the odiferous air! \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Johnson later pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree assault and 33 counts of first-degree wanton endangerment and was sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison, according to the Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney's Office. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 14 June 2022",
"He was arrested and charged with interference with child custody, willful and wanton reckless driving, and leaving the scene of an accident with bodily injury, the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 al , 9 May 2022",
"None of the three officers who fired shots at Taylor's apartment were charged in her death, and Detective Brett Hankison was recently acquitted of wanton endangerment over shots that went into an adjacent apartment. \u2014 Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal , 7 June 2022",
"He was acquitted on three counts of felony wanton endangerment in connection with the raid. \u2014 Giselle Rhoden, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The only officer there that night who was charged is Brett Hankison, who faces three counts of felony wanton endangerment for firing 10 rounds into Taylor's apartment and into an adjoining unit where three residents were present. \u2014 Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Earlier this year, one of the other officers present, Brett Hankison, was found not guilty on all three counts of felony wanton endangerment for endangering Taylor\u2019s neighbors by firing bullets into their residence. \u2014 Essence , 10 June 2020",
"As president, Donald Trump\u2019s abuse of science has been wanton and dangerous. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 9 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"All of the attacks were wanton , aimed at destruction of the cultural and artistic heritage of humanity. \u2014 David J. Wasserstein, The Conversation , 7 Jan. 2020"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4b":"Adjective",
"1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1582, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
},
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"Middle English, from wan- deficient, wrong, mis- (from Old English, from wan deficient) + towen , past participle of teen to draw, train, discipline, from Old English t\u0113on \u2014 more at tow entry 1":"Adjective",
"derivative of wanton entry 1":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8w\u00e4n-",
"\u02c8w\u00e4nt-\u1d4an, \u02c8w\u022fnt-",
"\u02c8w\u022fn-t\u1d4an"
],
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"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
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"verb"
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": merciless , inhumane":[
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"\u2014 used especially in the phrase play the wanton"
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"examples":[
"Adjective",
"No artist should be subjected to this much wanton affection: it's unseemly, like being hugged by a stranger who won't let go. \u2014 James Wolcott , New Republic , 30 Aug. 2004",
"I also wrote that innocent people would die as a consequence of the wanton , lawless destruction of medical stocks in a dirt-poor country. \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , Nation , 31 May 1999",
"While I was happy to find Mr. Pollan firmly allied with those of us who oppose the wanton broadcast of pesticides and inorganic fertilizers on lawn and garden, I wish he had lingered a little longer over this vital subject. \u2014 Maxine Kumin , New York Times Book Review , 9 June 1991",
"Vandals were guilty of the wanton destruction of the school property.",
"They were accused of wanton cruelty toward animals.",
"He showed a wanton disregard for his friend's feelings.",
"a life of wanton luxury",
"Noun",
"He practiced the anathema he would hurl at her from his pulpit when her shame was known\u2014hussy, slut, harlot and wanton featured heavily \u2026 \u2014 James A. Michener , Texas , 1985",
"During the middle years of their marriage \u2026 his campaign to free his bride so that she could become a wanton had languished. \u2014 Andrew M. Greeley , Ascent into Hell , 1983",
"My informal education had begun the afternoon in Belleville Park when I discovered that girls were wantons willing to sneak away to shaded glades to be kissed. \u2014 Russell Baker , Growing Up , 1982",
"Verb",
"It might well be, said Mrs McNab, wantoning on with her memories; they had friends in eastern countries; gentlemen staying there, ladies in evening dress; she had seen them once through the dining-room door all sitting at dinner. \u2014 Virginia Woolf , To the Lighthouse , 1927",
"\u2026 for Nature here / Wantoned as in her prime and played at will / Her virgin fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss. \u2014 John Milton , Paradise Lost , 1667",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The man was given a court summons for willful wanton disregard for both safety and private property, leaving the scene of a crash and the red-light violation. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 1 May 2020",
"Now Senate Republicans have given Trump a pass on another wanton abuse of power. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 1 Feb. 2020",
"Twan Moore, 25, was charged with first degree wanton endangerment, second degree disorderly conduct and one charge of firing a firearm on a public road. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 5 May 2020",
"Burnett is being charged with wanton endangerment in the first degree, contempt of a court libel/slander resistance to order, and criminal mischief in the second degree. \u2014 Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner , 28 Apr. 2020",
"Sullivan is charged with burglary, kidnapping and wanton endangerment. \u2014 Chris Mayhew, Cincinnati.com , 23 Apr. 2020",
"He's been charged with murder, two counts of first degree wanton endangerment and first degree assault. \u2014 Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal , 27 Apr. 2020",
"Some believe the wanton slaughter produced the unsanitary conditions that triggered the plague. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Like any migratory gamebird, wanton waste, which means to intentionally waste, neglect, or use inappropriately, comes into play. \u2014 Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"What eye can trace them, in their varied wanton amorous chaces, bounding and fluttering on the odiferous air! \u2014 Annie Proulx, The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
"Johnson later pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree assault and 33 counts of first-degree wanton endangerment and was sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison, according to the Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney's Office. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 14 June 2022",
"He was arrested and charged with interference with child custody, willful and wanton reckless driving, and leaving the scene of an accident with bodily injury, the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 al , 9 May 2022",
"None of the three officers who fired shots at Taylor's apartment were charged in her death, and Detective Brett Hankison was recently acquitted of wanton endangerment over shots that went into an adjacent apartment. \u2014 Thomas Birmingham, The Courier-Journal , 7 June 2022",
"He was acquitted on three counts of felony wanton endangerment in connection with the raid. \u2014 Giselle Rhoden, CNN , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The only officer there that night who was charged is Brett Hankison, who faces three counts of felony wanton endangerment for firing 10 rounds into Taylor's apartment and into an adjoining unit where three residents were present. \u2014 Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Earlier this year, one of the other officers present, Brett Hankison, was found not guilty on all three counts of felony wanton endangerment for endangering Taylor\u2019s neighbors by firing bullets into their residence. \u2014 Essence , 10 June 2020",
"As president, Donald Trump\u2019s abuse of science has been wanton and dangerous. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 9 Oct. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"All of the attacks were wanton , aimed at destruction of the cultural and artistic heritage of humanity. \u2014 David J. Wasserstein, The Conversation , 7 Jan. 2020"
],
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"1582, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8w\u00e4n-",
"\u02c8w\u00e4nt-\u1d4an, \u02c8w\u022fnt-",
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"He wanted no part in discussing the issue."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111338"
},
"wanze":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": wane , decrease":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8w\u0101nz"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English wansen , from Old English wansian , from wan wanting, deficient":""
": a list compiled (as by a hobbyist or the curator of a collection) that indicates specific items lacking and needed and that is circulated among dealers and retailers":[]
