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.
Wan , n. The quality of being wan;
wanness. [R.]
Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.
Tennyson.
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 (?), obs. imp. of Win. Won. Chaucer.
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