Wanton

Wanton

Wanton as an adjective means lewd or capriciously immoral.

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Famous quotes containing the word wanton:

    Back in the days when men were hunters and chestbeaters and women spent their whole lives worrying about pregnancy or dying in childbirth, they often had to be taken against their will. Men complained that women were cold, unresponsive, frigid.... They wanted their women wanton. They wanted their women wild. Now women were finally learning to be wanton and wild—and what happened? The men wilted.
    Erica Jong (b. 1942)

    Haste thee Nymph, and bring with thee
    Jest and youthful jollity,
    Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles,
    Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles,
    John Milton (1608–1674)

    The wanton Troopers riding by
    Have shot my Fawn and it will die.
    Ungentle men! They cannot thrive
    To kill thee. Thou ne’er didst alive
    Them any harm: alas, nor could
    Thy death yet do them any good.
    Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)