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wan
 
PRONUNCIATION:  wn
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: wan·ner, wan·nest
1. Unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress. 2. Suggestive or indicative of weariness, illness, or unhappiness; melancholy: a wan expression.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: wanned, wan·ning, wans
To become pale.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, pale, gloomy, from Old English wann, gloomy, dark.
OTHER FORMS:wanly —ADVERB
wanness —NOUN
 
 
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