Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wantoning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wantoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wantoning}.]
1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.
How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
like young dace in the streams! --Lamb.
2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
lasciviously.
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