WAN
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Wan (?), obs. imp. of Win. Won. Chaucer.
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Wan (&unr_;), a. [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win.] Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. “Sad to view, his visage pale and wan.” Spenser.
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My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue.
Chaucer.
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Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
Suckling.
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With the wan moon overhead.
Longfellow.
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Wan, n. The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.]
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Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.
Tennyson.
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Wan (?), v. i. To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. “All his visage wanned.” Shak.
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And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair.
Tennyson.
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