noun · rare

wanton

wanton · wantons · wanton

гравець, грець, плеєр

баловник, баловница

Schelm, Balg, boshaftes Kind

A pampered or coddled personA pampered or coddled person.

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UK/ˈwɒntən/US/ˈwɑntən/

» I was relieved that there are people more wanton than me.

Meaning

5 senses

A pampered or coddled person.
An overly playful person; a trifler.
boshaftes Kind, Balg, Schelm
баловни́кbalovník, баловницаbalovnica
A self-indulgent person, fond of excess.
(Philippines, Singapore)Wonton (Chinese dumpling)
(archaic)A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.
lewd or lascivious woman

Examples

3 sentences

I was relieved that there are people more wanton than me.
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Your deeds are wanton.
ruТвои действия бессмысленны. — nina99nv
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As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

overly playful person:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

overly playful person:

Origin

From Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wantoȝen, wantowe (“uneducated; unrestrained; licen

From Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wantoȝen, wantowe (“uneducated; unrestrained; licentious; sportive; playful”), from wan- (“not, un-, mis-”) + towen, i-towen (“educated”, literally “towed; led; drawn”), from Old English togen, ġetogen, past participle of tēon (“to train, discipline”), equivalent to wan- + towed.

Borrowed from Cantonese 雲吞 /云吞 (wan⁴ tan¹).

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