wanton

Speech parts

1. wanton - Noun

2. wanton - Adjective

3. wanton - Verb

4. wanton - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.

Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.

Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.

Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.

A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.

One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.

A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.

To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.

To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.

To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.

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As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport. William Shakespeare

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a "war against terrorism." Noam Chomsky

Full many wanton babes have I, Which must be stilled with lullaby. George Gascoigne

Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop From low hung branches; little space they stop; But sip, and twitter, and their feathers sleek; Then off at once, as in a wanton freak: Or perhaps, to show their black, and golden wings Pausing upon their yellow flutterings. John Keats

A wanton eye is the messenger of a lusting heart. Afghan Proverb

Wanton kittens make sober cats. Danish Proverb

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