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Wanton

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

(v. t.) Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.

(2):

(n.) A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; - used rarely as a term of endearment.

(3):

(v. t.) Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.

(4):

(v. t.) Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.

(5):

(n.) One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.

(6):

(n.) A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.

(7):

(v. i.) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.

(8):

(v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.

(9):

(v. t.) To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.

(10):

(v. t.) Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wanton'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wanton.html. 1828.
 
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