Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wag-wanton

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: wag-wan-ton
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

quaking grass: any of a genus, Briza, of grasses

British usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

a sexually promiscuous person

British usage; Obsolete

adj

Synonym of wanton.

British usage; Obsolete

adv

rowdily (in a manner lacking order)

British usage; Obsolete

adv

promiscuously (indiscriminately or wantonly choosing one's sexual partners)

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"No man durst scarce this wag-wanton touch."
"[T]hen euery little childe that playeth wag-wanton[…]"
"Well hit, but, to the fourth now: Wagge-wanton with his mistresse."

Etymology

Compound of wag + wanton, referring to the shaking of Briza flowers in the breeze.

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1601

Usage

Inflected Forms

wag-wantons (plural) wagge-wanton (alternative) more wag-wanton (comparative) most wag-wanton (superlative)

Synonyms

wagwant wanton fornicator rakehell rowdily disorderly promiscuous

Questions

What does wag-wanton mean?: quaking grass: any of a genus, Briza, of grasses
Where does wag-wanton come from?: First known use: First attested in 1601.

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