WAN (2)

Wan (�), a. [[AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win.]] Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. “Sad to view, his visage pale and wan.” Spenser. My color . . . wan and of a leaden hue. Chaucer. Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Suckling. With the wan moon overhead. Longfellow.