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Wen
//wɛn// adv, conj, name, noun, pron
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Alternative spelling of when. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Conjunction
- 1 Alternative spelling of when. alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling
Proper Noun
- 1 A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
"To find out more, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. Wen, a mother of two young kids, is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at the George Washington University."
Noun
- 1 A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
"There was a Fellow with a Wen in his Neck, larger than five Woolpacks, and another with a couple of wooden Legs, each about twenty foot high."
- 2 Obsolete form of wynn (“the letter ƿ”). alt-of, obsolete
- 3 Alternative spelling of when. alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable
- 4 a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked wordnet
Pronoun
- 1 Alternative spelling of when. alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz. Cognate with Dutch wen (“goiter”), Low German Ween (“wen”), dialectal German Wenne (“wen”), Danish van, væne.
Etymology 2
From Old English wynn.
Etymology 3
Eye dialect spelling of when.
Etymology 4
Eye dialect spelling of when.
Etymology 5
Eye dialect spelling of when.
Etymology 6
Eye dialect spelling of when.
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