wan
Betekenis (English)
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- Pale, sickly-looking.
- Dim, faint.
- Bland, uninterested.
Synonyms
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/wɒn/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English wan, wanne (“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruise); dim, faint; dark, gloomy”), from Old English wann (“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz (“dark, swart”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”).
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