English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Wanton
(v. t.)
Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose;
free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
Wanton
(v. t.)
Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
Wanton
(v. t.)
Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity;
lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
Wanton
(v. t.)
Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
Wanton
(n.)
A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a
term of endearment.
Wanton
(n.)
One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
Wanton
(n.)
A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
Wanton
(v. i.)
To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Wanton
(v. i.)
To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
lasciviously.
Wanton
(v. t.)
To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.