📖 Definitions of "Wanton"
noun
- 1
A pampered or coddled person.
- 2
An overly playful person; a trifler.
- 3
A self-indulgent person, fond of excess.
- 4
A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute.
verb
- 1
To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
- 2
To waste or squander, especially in pleasure (most often with away).
"The young man wantoned away his inheritance."
- 3
To act wantonly; to be lewd or lascivious.
adjective
- 1
Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled.
- 2
Playful, sportive; merry or carefree.
- 3
Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.
- 4
Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous.
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