Wanton
Posted June 5th, 2006 @ 10:20am by Erik J. Barzeski
wan·ton
adj.
- Immoral or unchaste; lewd.
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- Gratuitously cruel; merciless.
- Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust: wanton destruction.
- Unrestrainedly excessive: wanton extravagance; wanton depletion of oil reserves.
- Luxuriant; overabundant: wanton tresses.
- Frolicsome; playful.
- Undisciplined; spoiled.
- Obsolete. Rebellious; refractory.
Duh.
Donate Life
Posted 06 Jun 2006 at 2:23pm #
I enjoy a good wanton soup when I eat Chinese.
Posted 14 Jun 2006 at 4:26am #
Has anyone actually used the word refractory (outside the scientific definition) in a recent written work? It sounds like something my grade one teacher would have said if she'd spoken English. "Stop that refractory behaviour, you young whipper-snappers!"