wan't

See also: want, Want, Wänt, and wa'n't

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• wa'n't

Contraction

wan't

1. (Yorkshire, otherwise archaic) Wasn't.
   • 1829, Melodist, and Mirthful Olio:

     This lass, Nelly Long, she was dressish and dapper,
     And, though our Dick was a good looked lad,
     She snubb'd him, scop'd him, for she was a snapper,
     And told him quite plumpish—she wan't to be had: […]

Etymology 2

Misspelt by confusion with words formed with the enclitic n't.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wŏnt, IPA^(key): /wɒnt/
• Rhymes: -ɒnt

Verb

wan't

1. Misspelling of want.
   • 2007: “dldege”, Drupal: Can a .theme get the $node it's on?, “Not sure where you are”, the 30^th day of January at 7:41pm

     Not sure where you are wan'ting access to the node.

   • 2009: “Gregg B”, rec.games.pinball (Google group): Tech, Pinball pool, the 7^th day of May at 3:13pm

     Not sure if this applies to the factory CPU, but if you're using a Pascal board, I'm pretty sure it wan'ts to see the coils fire as part of the POST.

   • 2009: “Edvard Pitka”, nhusers (Google group): How to map Property I don't want setter for., the 8^th day of May at 2:45pm

     You either have persistable attribute in your entity or you don't. […] If you don't wan't to expose it to the outside world you make it private.

Etymology 3

Misspelt possibly by pronunciatory disanalogy with wonder–wander — whose first syllables are pronounced, respectively, wŭn and wŏn — the latter being closer to the pronunciation of won't: wōnt.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: wōnt, IPA^(key): /wəʊnt/
• Rhymes: -əʊnt

Verb

wan't

1. Misspelling of won't.
   • 2009: “Misiosława I Kwiecień”, SU Paris 2009 (Google group): Presentation !, the 23^rd day of May at 4:58pm

     If i would be locked for the night in the 3rd floor of Eiffel Tower, it wan't be because i was late but because it was a nice plan for the night and I am not alone so I would have a lot of fun :)

Anagrams

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