wan't

See also: want, Want, Wänt, and wa'n't

English

Etymology 1

Misspelt by confusion with words formed with the enclitic n't.

Pronunciation

Verb

wan't (third-person singular simple present wan'ts, present participle wan'ting, simple past and past participle wan'ted)

  1. Misspelling of want.

Etymology 2

Misspelt possibly by pronunciatory disanalogy with wonderwander — whose first syllables are pronounced, respectively, wŭn and wŏn — the latter being closer to the pronunciation of won't: wōnt.

Pronunciation

Verb

wan't

  1. Misspelling of won't.
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