Wanwood
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A pale or withered forest; a ghostly wood, implying decay or melancholy. poetic, uncountable
"Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]"
Example
More examples"Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]"
Etymology
From wan + wood.
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