[每日] wanton (a) 恣意的
Word of the Day (Tuesday January 27, 2009)
wanton \WON-tn\, adjective:
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1. reckless, heartless, or malicious; without reason or excuse
2. not moral; lewd, lascivious
"Such (a) stand and attitude are leading to the grave, wanton
violation of all the north-south agreements," the report said.
-- Kwang-Tae Kim, Denver Post, 2008-11-11
Ram raiders have smashed through the main admissions area of
Royal North Shore Hospital, stealing the contents of an ATM
and assaulting a man, in a rampage police have called "wanton
bloody destruction".
-- Dylan Welch, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2008-11-11
c 1300, wan-towen, from Middle English privative prefix wan-
"wanting, lacking" (from Old English wan "wanting") + togen/teon
"to train, discipline;" literally "to pull, draw," from Proto
Germanic *teuhan. The basic notion perhaps is "ill-bred, poorly
brought up."
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