5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wanton  \Wan"ton\,  n. 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wanton  \Wan"ton\,  a.  [OE.  wantoun,  contr.  from  wantowen  pref. 
  wan-  wanting  (see  {Wane},  v.  i.),  hence  expressing  negation  + 
  towen,  p.  p.,  AS  togen,  p.  p.  of  te['o]n  to  draw,  to 
  educate,  bring  up  hence  properly,  ill  bred.  See  {Tug},  v. 
  t.] 
  1.  Untrained;  undisciplined;  unrestrained;  hence  loose; 
  free  luxuriant;  roving;  sportive.  ``In  woods  and  wanton 
  wilderness.''  --Spenser.  ``A  wild  and  wanton  herd.'' 
  --Shak. 
 
  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.  ``Men 
  grown  wanton  by  prosperity.''  --Roscommon. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wanton  \Wan"ton\,  v.  i.  [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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wanton  \Wan"ton\,  v.  t. 
  To  cause  to  become  wanton;  also  to  waste  in  wantonness. 
  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wanton 
  adj  1:  occurring  without  motivation  or  provocation;  "motiveless 
  malignity";  "unprovoked  and  dastardly  attack"- 
  F.D.Roosevelt  [syn:  {motiveless},  {unprovoked}] 
  2:  casual  and  unrestrained  in  sexual  behavior;  "her  easy 
  virtue";  "he  was  told  to  avoid  loose  (or  light)  women"; 
  "wanton  behavior"  [syn:  {easy},  {light},  {loose},  {promiscuous}, 
  {sluttish}] 
  n  :  lewd  or  lascivious  woman 
  v  1:  waste  time;  spend  one's  time  idly  or  inefficiently  [syn:  {piddle}, 
  {wanton  away},  {piddle  away},  {trifle}] 
  2:  indulge  in  a  carefree  or  voluptuous  way  of  life 
  3:  spend  wastefully;  "wanton  one's  money  away"  [syn:  {wanton 
  away},  {trifle  away}] 
  4:  become  extravagant;  indulge  (oneself)  luxuriously  [syn:  {luxuriate}] 
  5:  engage  in  amorous  play 
  6:  behave  extremely  cruelly  and  brutally 

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