WANHOPES

Noun

wanhopes

plural of wanhope

Anagrams

• open wash, open-wash, openwash

Source: Wiktionary


WANHOPE

Wan"hope`, n. Etym: [AS. wan, won, deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop. . See Wane, and Hope.]

Definition: Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. "Wanhope and distress." Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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