01 imp. Won.
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Won.obs.
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4 senses · 4 variants
Webster, 1913
Wan
/wän/
· IPA /wɑn/
02 a. Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.
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Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.“My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue.” — Chaucer.“Why so pale and wan, fond lover?” — Suckling.“With the wan moon overhead.” — Longfellow.
03 n. The quality of being wan; wanness.
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The quality of being wan; wanness.[R.]“Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.” — Tennyson.
04 v. i. To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.
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To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.“And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair.” — Tennyson.