WANTON

I. adjective see: tow Date: 14th century 1. hard to control ; undisciplined, unruly , playfully mean or cruel ; mischievous , 2. lewd , bawdy , causing sexual excitement ; lustful , sensual , 3. merciless , inhumane , having no just foundation or provocation ; malicious , being without check or limitation: as, luxuriantly rank , unduly lavish ; extravagant , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1509 1. one given to self-indulgent flirtation or trifling, a lewd or lascivious person, a pampered person or animal ; pet , a frolicsome child or animal, III. verb Date: 1582 intransitive verb to be ~ or act ~ly, transitive verb to pass or waste ~ly or in ~ness, ~er noun