wanion

[ won-yuhn ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. curse; vengeance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wanion¹

1540–50; alteration of waniand, Middle English: present participle of wanien to wane ( -ing ² ), from the phrase in the waniand ( mone ) in the time of the waning (moon), i.e., in an unlucky hour

Example Sentences

And so fling good silver after bad? merci; no: let him go with a wanion.

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With a wanion, bad luck to you: with a vengeance, vehemently.

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I would worthy and learned Doctor Rochecliffe had been here, with his battery ready-mounted from the Vulgate, and the Septuagint, and what not—he would have battered the presbyterian spirit out of him with a wanion.

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But, as he pressed upon her with a violence, of which the object could not be mistaken, and endeavoured to secure her right hand, she exclaimed, "Take it then, with a wanion to you!"—and struck him an almost stunning blow on the face, with the pebble which she held ready for such an extremity.

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Up, with a wild wanion! how long wilt thou lie?

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