Wanton — Defs

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

1.
Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
“A wanton and a merry [friar].” — Chaucer.

“[She] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved.” — Milton.

“How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise!” — Addison.
2.
Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
3.
Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
“Not with wanton looking of folly.” — Chaucer.

“[Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace, Lascivious, wanton.” — Shak.
4.
Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.

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

1.
A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.
“I am afeard you make a wanton of me.” — Shak.

“Peace, my wantons; he will do More than you can aim unto.” — B. Jonson.
2.
One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
“Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton.” — Beau. & Fl.
3.
A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.

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

imp. & p. p. Wantoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Wantoning

1.
To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
“Nature here wantoned as in her prime.” — Milton.

“How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton like young dace in the streams!” — Lamb.
2.
To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.

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