Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A word found only in the phrases with a wanion, in the wanton, and wantons on you, generally interpreted to denote some kind of im precation.
- noun “With a vengeance”; energetically; vehemently; emphatically; hence, in short order; summarily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase
with a wanion , apparently equivalent towith a vengeance ,with a plague , orwith misfortune .
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- noun the
wane of the moon - noun
curse - noun obsolete
vengeance
Etymologies
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Examples
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McCoy looked thoughtful, then said, "What's a wanion?"
Doctor’s Orders Diane Duane 2000
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But, as he pressed upon her with a violence, of which the object could not be mistaken, and endeavoured to secure her right hand, she exclaimed, “Take it then, with a wanion to you!” — and struck him an almost stunning blow on the face, with the pebble which she held ready for such an extremity.
Woodstock 1855
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I would worthy and learned Doctor Rochecliffe had been here, with his battery ready-mounted from the Vulgate, and the Septuagint, and what not — he would have battered the presbyterian spirit out of him with a wanion.
Woodstock 1855
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But, as he pressed upon her with a violence, of which the object could not be mistaken, and endeavoured to secure her right hand, she exclaimed, "Take it then, with a wanion to you!"
Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Walter Scott 1801
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Look how thou stirrest now! come away, or I'll fetch thee with a wanion.
Pericles 1607
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I saw how it had been betwixt you, and I sent him out of my company with a wanion — I would rather have a rifler on my perch than a false knave at my elbow — and now, Master Roland, tell me what way wing ye?”
The Abbot 2008
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[95] [Old copy, _knew_.] [96] [See Hazlitt's "Proverbs," 1869, p. 478.] [97] [Mr Collier printed _not_.] [98] [Mr Collier printed _only man alive_.] [99] [This and the next line of the dialogue are given in the old copy to Hermione.] [100] [By.] [101] [Old copy, pit_.] [102] _With a wanion_ seems to have been equivalent to "with a witness," or sometimes to "with a curse," but the origin of it is uncertain.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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Bide doun, with a mischief to ye — bide doun, with a wanion,” cried the king, almost overturned by the obstreperous caresses of the large stag-hounds.
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O Ppt, I remember your reprimanding me for meddling in other people’s affairs: I have enough of it now, with a wanion. [
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O Ppt, I remember your reprimanding me for meddling in other people's affairs: I have enough of it now, with a wanion. [
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
missanthropist commented on the word wanion
Misfortune, calamity, curse, mischief.
May 17, 2008
Gammerstang commented on the word wanion
(noun) - A misfortune or calamity; a curse, mischief. Chiefly used as an imprecation in the phrases, with a wanion, and wanions on you.
--Edward Lloyd's Encyclopædic Dictionary, 1895
January 16, 2018