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