What does "wen" mean?
A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
Wen
/wɛn/ adv, conj, name, noun, pron
adv, conj, name, noun, pron ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
- Grammar: wen is listed as adv, conj, name, noun, pron.
- Nearest alternatives: benign tumor, birthmark, blackhead, bleb.
- Useful contrasts: healthy skin, normal skin.
- Usage evidence: Business first, pleasure arterwards, as King Richard the Third said wen he stabbed t'other king in the Tower, afore he smothered the babbies.
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Definitions
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
Adverb
- 1 Alternative spelling of when. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Conjunction
- 1 Alternative spelling of when. alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling
Pronoun
- 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."
Antonyms
healthy skinnormal skin
Example
"Business first, pleasure arterwards, as King Richard the Third said wen he stabbed t'other king in the Tower, afore he smothered the babbies."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "wen"?
Common synonyms include: benign tumor, birthmark, blackhead, bleb, blemish, blister.
How do you use "wen" in a sentence?
Business first, pleasure arterwards, as King Richard the Third said wen he stabbed t'other king in the Tower, afore he smothered the babbies.
How do you pronounce "wen"?
Pronounced /wɛn/.
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.