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wanse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wanse
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.

British usage; Intransitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English wansen (“to decrease, diminish”), from Old English wansian (“to diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wansōn, a variant of *wanisōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanisōną (“to lessen”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“empty”). Cognate with Old Norse vansa (“to do too little, suffer loss”), Old Norse vansi (“lack, want”). More at wane.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: wansen, wansian, *wanisōn, *wanisōną, *h₁weh₂-

Usage

Inflected Forms

wanses (present, singular) wansing (participle, present) wansed (participle, past) wansed (past) wanze (alternative)

Questions

What does wanse mean?
To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.
Where does wanse come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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