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(), obs. imp. of Win. Won. Chaucer. Wan (), a.[AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win.] Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. "Sad to view, his visage pale and wan." Spenser. My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue. Chaucer. Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Suckling. With the wan moon overhead. Longfellow. Wan n.The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.] Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. Tennyson. Wan (), v. i.To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. "All his visage wanned." Shak. And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair. Tennyson. スポンサード リンク
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