All 8 Uses of
wanton
in
The Canterbury Tales
- A FRIAR there was, a wanton and a merry, A limitour <18>, a full solemne man.†
Chpt 1.0
- Somewhat he lisped for his wantonness, To make his English sweet upon his tongue; And in his harping, when that he had sung, His eyen* twinkled in his head aright, *eyes As do the starres in a frosty night.†
Chpt 1.0
- *destroys It will not come again, withoute dread,* No more than will Malkin's maidenhead,<2> When she hath lost it in her wantonness.†
Chpt 2.5
- My fourthe husband was a revellour; This is to say, he had a paramour, And I was young and full of ragerie,* *wantonness Stubborn and strong, and jolly as a pie.†
Chpt 3.6
- Upon Griselda, this poor creature, Full often sithes* this marquis set his eye, *times As he on hunting rode, paraventure:* *by chance And when it fell that he might her espy, He not with wanton looking of folly His eyen cast on her, but in sad* wise *serious Upon her cheer* he would him oft advise;** *countenance **consider Commending in his heart her womanhead, And eke her virtue, passing any wight Of so young age, as well in cheer as deed.†
Chpt 4.9
- And after that he sang full loud and clear, And kiss'd his wife, and made wanton cheer.†
Chpt 4.10
- He was all coltish, full of ragerie * *wantonness And full of jargon as a flecked pie.†
Chpt 4.10
- And wantonly again with him she play'd,
Chpt 7.15 *wantonly = in an inappropriate sexual manner
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