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(archaic) One who indulges in idle, foolish, and irreverent fancies or speculations; one who tries to be cleverly amusing but falls short..
All epicures, witwantons, atheists.
And how dangerous it is for wit-wanton men to dance with their nice distinctions, on such mystical precipices, where slips in jest may cause deadly downfalls in earnest, …
Word-warriors and wit-wantons would waste their breath upon one whose book-hunger has won him so rich a meed, ...
The witwanton is always a little off in trying to be always GETTING MENTAL.
WITWANTON: One who tries to be cleverly amusing, but misses the mark.
… a citizen in Cheapside was executed as a traitor for saying he would make his son heir to the crown, though he only meant his own house, having a crown for the sign, more dangerous it is to wit-wanton it with the Majesty of God.
Wit-wanton it with lewd barbarity, …
And Master Lynch bade him have a care to flout and witwanton as the god self was angered for his hellprate and paganry.
Use witwanton when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Witwanton means (archaic) One who indulges in idle, foolish, and irreverent fancies or speculations; one who tries to be cleverly amusing but falls short..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
All epicures, witwantons, atheists.
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