Find your perfect word!

Definition wanton

Etymology

From Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wanto?en, wantowe (�uneducated; unrestrained; licentious; sportive; playful�), from wan- (�not, un-, mis-�) + towen, i-towen (�educated�, literally �towed; led; drawn�), from Old English togen, ?etogen, past participle of t?on (�to train, discipline�), equivalent to wan- +‎ towed.

Adjective

wanton (comparative wantoner, superlative wantonest)

1. (archaic) Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.
2. (obsolete) Playful, sportive; merry or carefree.
3. Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
4. Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous.
5. (archaic) Extravagant, unrestrained, excessive.

Noun

wanton (plural wantons)

1. A pampered or coddled person.
2. An overly playful person; a trifler.
3. A self-indulgent person, fond of excess.
4. (archaic) A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.

Verb

wanton (third-person singular simple present wantons, present participle wantoning, simple past and past participle wantoned)

1. (intransitive) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
2. (transitive) To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (most often with away).
3. (intransitive) To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious.

Results 77 Words with the letters WANTON

You can also try words with the phrase WANTON, words starting with the letters WANTON, or words ending in the letters WANTON.

Favorites Searches

Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,

Some random searches: Words with the letters NJE, Words with the letters FLQE, Words with the letters SUJFE, Words with the letters URWW,