WANNED

WAN

wan

(verb) become pale and sickly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

wanned (comparative more wanned, superlative most wanned)

Made wan, or pale.

Source: Wiktionary


Wanned, a.

Definition: Made wan, or pale.

WAN

Wan, obs. imp. of Win.

Definition: Won. Chaucer.

Wan (, a. Etym: [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win.]

Definition: Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. "Sad to view, his visage pale and wan." Spenser. My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue. Chaucer. Why so pale and wan, fond lover Suckling. With the wan moon overhead. Longfellow.

Wan, n.

Definition: The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.] Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. Tennyson.

Wan, v. i.

Definition: To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. "All his visage wanned." Shak. And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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