WANTON (3)

wanton (3). Wanton, a. licentious, lustful, loose, sportive

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Wan″ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wantoning.] 1. 1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Nature here wantoned as in her prime. Milton. How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton like young dace in the streams! Lamb. 2. 2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.