Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.
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- adjective obsolete quite
wan , quitepale
Etymologies
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wan + -ish
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Examples
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And letters, where my tears have washed, a wannish white.
The Passion 1909
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In the shop a single gas-light was burning its last, and this, with that near the pier, were the only two that I saw: and ghastly enough they looked, transparently wannish, and as it were ashamed, like blinking night-things overtaken by the glare of day.
The Purple Cloud 1906
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Streams down each diamonded pane and blurs with tears the wannish day.
Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde 1877
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The moon turns the smoke into wannish clouds of white and yellow, which slowly rise, break, and disappear.
The Log School-House on the Columbia Hezekiah Butterworth 1872
fbharjo commented on the word wannish
near vanish
July 13, 2012