witwanton
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who indulges in idle, foolish, and irreverent fancies or speculations; one who tries to be cleverly amusing but falls short.
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "All epicures, witwantons, atheists."
- "And how dangerous it is for wit-wanton men to dance with their nice distinctions, on such mystical precipices, where slips in jest may cause deadly downfalls in earnest, …"
- "Word-warriors and wit-wantons would waste their breath upon one whose book-hunger has won him so rich a meed, ..."
- "The witwanton is always a little off in trying to be always GETTING MENTAL."
- "WITWANTON: One who tries to be cleverly amusing, but misses the mark."
- "… a citizen in Cheapside was executed as a traitor for saying he would make his son heir to the crown, though he only meant his own house, having a crown for the sign, more dangerous it is to wit-wanton it with the Majesty of God."