wont

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wŏnt or wōnt, IPA: /wɒnt/ or /wəʊnt/, SAMPA: /wQnt/ or /w@Unt/
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• Rhymes: -əʊnt

[edit] Etymology 1

Origin uncertain: apparently a conflation of wone and wont (participle adjective, below).

[edit] Noun

wont (uncountable)

1. (archaic) One’s habitual way of doing things.

   He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian.

[edit] Adjective

wont (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Accustomed or used (to or with a thing).
2. (designating habitual behaviour) Accustomed, apt (to doing something).

   He is wont to complain loudly about his job.

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[edit] Verb

to wont (third-person singular simple present wonts, present participle wonting, simple past and past participle wonted)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make (someone) used to; to accustom.
2. (intransitive, archaic) To be accustomed.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: notw
• nowt
• town