Pronunciation: 'won-t&n, 'wän-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from wan- deficient, wrong, mis- (from Old English, from wan deficient) + towen, past participle of teen to draw, train, discipline, from Old English tEon.
1 a archaic : hard to control : UNDISCIPLINED, UNRULY b : playfully mean or cruel : MISCHIEVOUS
2 a : LEWD, BAWDY b : causing sexual excitement : LUSTFUL, SENSUAL
3 a : MERCILESS, INHUMANE <wanton cruelty> b : having no just foundation or provocation : MALICIOUS <a wanton attack>
4 : being without check or limitation: as a : luxuriantly rank <wanton vegetation> b : unduly lavish : EXTRAVAGANT
- wan·ton·ly adverb
That is my word for the day today, courtesy of those online dictionaries that throw a random word at you each day, for free. I get a lot of new words this way. I munch on them like one would on crackers.
Wanton. Even the very sound of it seems faintly indecent, don't you think? How's this for alternate meanings: wanton = slutty dimsum. Haha! It's very apt, all four meanings of it detailed above. It sums up my day perfectly.
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Hallo Lee! :) food trip eh.
KD: yes, you are a wanton one.
Posted by: the bee | 03 March 2006 at 09:03 PM
ha! awesome!
yea, i'm more on the lustful, sensual side. how did you know?
hehe. :P
Posted by: k.d. | 03 March 2006 at 05:42 AM
wanton pancit canton
Posted by: lee | 02 March 2006 at 09:05 AM
LOL banzai! Maliciously cruel Chinese dish, that would be frogs legs, no? :)
Jeannie: I remember in one of the summer workshops at La Salle there was an abandonment exercise. That was very freeing. Wanton abandonment, I would like that, yes I would.
Posted by: the bee | 01 March 2006 at 09:38 PM
Well, I suppose it's better than a maliciously cruel Chinese dish! :D
... er, are you Chinese?
Posted by: banzai cat | 01 March 2006 at 01:14 PM
ive been accused of the same, amiga; and i stood there under the hot noon sun, hair disheveled, nose smudged, clothes askew, and grinning uncontrollably.
i was charged guilty of grinning uncontrollably for taking the accusation as a compliment. : )
so what?
let the small minds take comfort in their small minds, as we goddesses exult in our wanton-ness!
: D
Posted by: Jeanette | 01 March 2006 at 01:01 PM