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wannest

Variant of wan

adjective wanner, wannest

  1. sickly pale; pallid: a wan complexion
  2. faint or weak in a way suggestive of sickness or great weariness, sadness, etc.: a wan smile
  3. pale, dim, faint, etc.: a wan light

transitive verb, intransitive verb wanned, wanning

Now Rare to make or become sickly pale

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