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wag-wanton

noun

Etymology

Formed independently as a compound from the etymology above, with wanton being used in the sense of sexual promiscuity. First attested in 1601.

Definitions

  1. quaking grass

    quaking grass: any of a genus, Briza, of grasses

  2. a sexually promiscuous person

  3. Synonym of wanton.

    • No man durst scarce this wag-wanton touch.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. rowdily (in a manner lacking order)

      • [T]hen euery little childe that playeth wag-wanton[…]

    2. promiscuously (indiscriminately or wantonly choosing one's sexual partners)

      • Well hit, but, to the fourth now: Wagge-wanton with his mistresse.

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