Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A spurious (or perhaps obscene) word occurring only in the following passage. It has been conjectured to be a misprint for weeping.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.
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IV. iii.38 (351,5) That makes the wappen'd widow wed again] Of _wappened_
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
sionnach commented on the word wappened
sexually exhausted through promiscuity.
A nonce-word from Shakespeare, according to the OUP blog.
October 28, 2007
seanahan commented on the word wappened
Webster's says "A word of doubtful meaning". I've never seen that before.
October 28, 2007