wan

1. imp. Won. Source: opted

2. a. Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. Source: opted

3. n. The quality of being wan; wanness. Source: opted

4. v. i. To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. Source: opted

5. of Win Source: opted

6. n. a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network Source: wordnet

7. adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble Source: wordnet

8. adj. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress Source: wordnet

9. adj. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness Source: wordnet

10. v. become pale and sickly Source: wordnet

11. Won. Chaucer. Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. "Sad to view, his visage pale and wan." Spenser. My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue. Chaucer. Why so pale and wan, fond lover Suckling. With the wan moon overhead. Longfellow. The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.] Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. Tennyson. To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. "All his visage wanned." Shak. And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair. Tennyson. Source: webster

12. Won. Chaucer. Source: adambom

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