Толковый словарь английского языка - wanton
Wanton
wanton
I. adjective see: tow Date: 14th century 1. hard to control ; undisciplined, unruly , playfully mean or cruel ; mischievous , 2. lewd , bawdy , causing sexual excitement ; lustful , sensual , 3. merciless , inhumane , having no just foundation or provocation ; malicious , being without check or limitation: as, luxuriantly rank , unduly lavish ; extravagant , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1509 1. one given to self-indulgent flirtation or trifling, a lewd or lascivious person, a pampered person or animal ; pet , a frolicsome child or animal, III. verb Date: 1582 intransitive verb to be ~ or act ~ly, transitive verb to pass or waste ~ly or in ~ness, ~er noun
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adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 licentious; lewd; sexually promiscuous. 2 capricious; random; arbitrary; motiveless (wanton destruction; wanton wind). 3 luxuriant; unrestrained (wanton profusion). 4 archaic playful; sportive (a wanton child). --n. literary an immoral or licentious person, esp. a woman. --v.intr. literary 1 gambol; sport; move capriciously. 2 (foll. by with) behave licentiously. Derivatives wantonly adv. wantonness n. Etymology: ME wantowen (wan- UN-(1) + towen f. OE togen past part. of teon discipline, rel. to TEAM) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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