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wantonly

/ˈwɔːntənli/WAWN-tuhn-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈwɔntənli/WAWN-tuhn-lee

Meaningin a wanton way

Common meaning: deliberately and without reason

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wa-‘fail, lack, be wanting’source
  2. Old Englishtogensource
  3. Middle Englishwantowen‘untrained or unrestrained’source
  4. Englishwanton‘deliberate or sexually unrestrained’
  5. Englishformed in English from wantonwantonly‘deliberately and without reason’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from wanton + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WANTON, p.695 · scan

Source words

  • togen Old English · source word “untrained or unrestrained”

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