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Wag-wanton

adj, adv, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of wanton. UK, obsolete, regional

    "No man durst scarce this wag-wanton touch."

Adverb
  1. 1
    rowdily (in a manner lacking order) UK, obsolete, regional

    "[T]hen euery little childe that playeth wag-wanton[…]"

  2. 2
    promiscuously (indiscriminately or wantonly choosing one's sexual partners) UK, obsolete, regional

    "Well hit, but, to the fourth now: Wagge-wanton with his mistresse."

Noun
  1. 1
    quaking grass: any of a genus, Briza, of grasses UK, countable, obsolete, regional, uncountable
  2. 2
    a sexually promiscuous person UK, obsolete, regional

Etymology

Etymology 1

Compound of wag + wanton, referring to the shaking of Briza flowers in the breeze.

Etymology 2

Formed independently as a compound from the etymology above, with wanton being used in the sense of sexual promiscuity. First attested in 1601.

Etymology 3

Formed independently as a compound from the etymology above, with wanton being used in the sense of sexual promiscuity. First attested in 1601.

Etymology 4

Formed independently as a compound from the etymology above, with wanton being used in the sense of sexual promiscuity. First attested in 1601.

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