wantonern.
/ˈwɒntənə/, U.S. /ˈwɑnt(ə)nər/, /ˈwɔnt(ə)nər/ Now rare.
A person who acts wantonly or is given to wanton behaviour.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > dissolute person > [noun]
unthriftc1330
castaway1526
degenerate1555
rakehellc1560
ruffian1560
reprobate1592
rakeshame1598
wag-wanton1601
pavement-beater1611
perdu1611
wantoner1665
profligate1679
rantipole1699
rakehellyc1768
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > person
ribald1340
shaker?a1500
whipster1593
Cyprian1598
wantoner1665
free-liver1711
rep1747
loose fish1809
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun] > person
wantoner1665
1665 I. S. in W. Bayly Dreadful, & Terrible, Day of Lord God 1 Oh! oh! what will you do in that day, ye Scoffers, ye Mockers, ye Ranters, ye Wantoners.
1799 Columbian Songster ii. xli. 31 That soft tender passion, So much in the fashion, Excited my wantoner's art.
1812 Examiner 28 Dec. 831/2 Was this the action of a penitent wantonner in libel?
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 7 372 Falsely, alas! poor wantoner!
1865 A. Swanwick tr. Æschylus Agamemnon in tr. Agamemnon, Choephori, & Eumenides 31 In human ill Wild wantoner for aye.
1912 ‘R. Dehan’ Between Two Thieves xxiv. 191 There is a hell for chamberers and wantoners!
1963 R. S. Thomas in J. Press Rule & Energy v. 143 Men of the hills, wantoners, men of Wales, With your sheep and your pigs and your ponies, your sweaty females.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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