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Definition of 'wan'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(wanner)
  • Pale, sickly-looking.
  • * Spenser
    • Sad to view, his visage pale and wan .
  • * Longfellow
    • the wan moon overhead
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  • Dim, faint.
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  • Bland, uninterested.
    • A wan expression

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being wan; wanness.
  • * Tennyson
    • Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.

    Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (win)

    • Anagrams

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    Similar to 'wan'

    win, when, won, wen, wynn, wean, ween, wain, woon, whin, wyn, wayn