wit-wanton

See also: witwanton

English

Noun

wit-wanton (plural wit-wantons)

1. Alternative form of witwanton
   • 1613, Iosuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas: His Diuine Weekes and Workes with a Compleate Collection of All the Other Most Delight-full Workes, London: […] Robert Young, translation of original by [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, published 1633, page 584:

     All Epicures, Wit-wantons, Atheiſts, […]

   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain from the Birth of Jesus Christ until the Year MDCXLVIII, volume III, London: […] Thomas Tegg and Son, […]; R. Griffin and Co., […]; Tegg and Co., […]: Also, J. and S. A. Tegg, […], published 1837, page 251:

     And how dangerous it is for wit-wanton men to dance with their nice distinctions, on such mystical precipices, where slips in jest may cause deadly downfalls in earnest, […]

   • 1855 September, “English, Past and Present”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume LII, number CCCIX, page 345:

     Word-warriors and wit-wantons would waste their breath upon one whose book-hunger has won him so rich a meed, […]