adjective wanner, wannest
- sickly pale; pallid: a wan complexion
- faint or weak in a way suggestive of sickness or great weariness, sadness, etc.: a wan smile
- pale, dim, faint, etc.: a wan light
Origin:
ME < OE wann, dark
transitive verb, intransitive verb wanned, wanning
Now Rare to make or become sickly pale