Wan (?), obs. imp. of Win.
Won.
Chaucer.
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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 . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue.
Chaucer.
Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
Suckling.
With the wan moon overhead.
Longfellow.
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Wan, n.
The quality of being wan; wanness.
[R.]
Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.
Tennyson.
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Wan (?), v. i.
To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.
"All his visage
wanned."
Shak.
And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair.
Tennyson.
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