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Wan"ton (?), a. [OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref. wan- wanting (see Wane, v. i.), hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See Tug, v. t.]
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1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. “In woods and wanton wilderness.” Spenser. “A wild and wanton herd.” Shak.
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A wanton and a merry [friar]. Chaucer.
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[She] her unadorned golden tresses wore
Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved. Milton.
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How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise! Addison.
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2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. “Men grown wanton by prosperity.” Roscommon.
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3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
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Not with wanton looking of folly. Chaucer.
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[Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace,
Lascivious, wanton. Shak.
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4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
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Wan"ton, n. 1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.
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I am afeard you make a wanton of me. Shak.
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Peace, my wantons; he will do
More than you can aim unto. B. Jonson.
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2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
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Anything, sir,
That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton. Beau. & Fl.
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3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
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Wan"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wantoning.]
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1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
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Nature here wantoned as in her prime. Milton.
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How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton like young dace in the streams! Lamb.
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2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
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Wan"ton, v. t. To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. [Obs.]
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