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Waˊntonness
Waˊntonness [incertæ
etymologiæ, but perhaps of
wentelen (Dutch),
to tumble or wallow, wanton folks being frisky, unless you had rather, with
Minshew,
derive it of
want
one (English), i. e.
to
want one to play withal] waggishness, friskiness,
lasciviousness.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
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