wan't

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

English

Alternative forms

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

Verb

wan't

  1. Misspelling of want.

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Verb

wan't

  1. Misspelling of won't.

Anagrams

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