Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wantum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wan-tum
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To want.

noun

A quantifiable deficiency or desire

Example Sentences

"Then he have wongie along Sargint in office feller. White blackfeller wantum know 'bout old Sarah, an' Sargint he tellum she goodoh."
"Oh, ah — er — me wantum Chinkie just come in."
"“You wantum eat? You wantum sleep? If you wantum eat you wakum up.”"
"Her quantum of wantum cannot vary."
"A projection of “Wantum” requires, in the Couple, a reciprocal agreement on the part of the other to allow more than his own portion of Wantum to be discovered in him or herself."
"To use Wylie's phraseology: the quantum of this particular discursive wantum cannot vary."

Etymology

Eye dialect for want 'em.

Inflected Forms

wantums (plural)

Questions

What does wantum mean?: To want.
Where does wantum come from?: Eye dialect for want 'em.

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