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WEN
Etymology 1
Noun
wen (plural wens)
A cyst on the skin.
Etymology 2
Noun
wen (plural wens)
a runic letter later replaced by w
Etymology 3
Adverb
wen (not comparable)
(eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when
Conjunction
wen
(eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when
Pronoun
wen
(eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when
Noun
wen (uncountable)
(eye dialect) Alternative spelling of when
Anagrams
• New, new, new-
Proper noun
Wen
A common surname of east Asian derivation.
Anagrams
• New, new, new-
Source: Wiktionary
Wen, n. Etym: [AS. wenn; akin to D. wen, LG. wenne.] (Med.)
Definition: An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst.
Wyn, Wynn, n. Also Wen. [AS. wen.]
Definition: One of the runes adopted into the Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, alphabet. It had the value of modern English w, and was replaced from about a. d. 1280 at first by uu, later by w.
X.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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