wappened
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From wap (“to engage in sexual intercourse”).
Adjective[edit]
wappened (comparative more wappened, superlative most wappened)
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Deflowered; not a virgin.
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Wanton; immoral; unchaste; lewd.
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Foundered; worn-out; exhausted; broken.
- c. 1605–1606, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, act 4, scene 3:
- This is it / That makes the wappened widow wed again / She, whom the spi-house and ulcerous sores / Would cast the gorge at, this embalms and spices / To th' April day again.
Synonyms[edit]
- (wanton): see Thesaurus:promiscuous
- (exhausted): see Thesaurus:fatigued
References[edit]
- John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1904) “wappened”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume VII, [London: […] Neill and Co.] […], →OCLC, page 292.