All 3 Uses of
wanton
in
Henry IV, Part 2
- Thou art a guard too wanton for the head Which princes, flesh'd with conquest, aim to hit.†
Scene 1.1
- Briefly to this end: we are all diseased, And with our surfeiting and wanton hours Have brought ourselves into a burning fever, And we must bleed for it; of which disease Our late king, Richard, being infected, died.†
Scene 4.1
- every idle, nice and wanton reason
Scene 4.1 *wanton = of something considered bad
Definition:
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(wanton) of something considered bad: excessive, thoughtless indulgence -- such as waste, cruelty, violence, and (especially in the past) sexual promiscuity