wantonize

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɒntənaɪz/

Verb

wantonize (third-person singular simple present wantonizes, present participle wantonizing, simple past and past participle wantonized)

(intransitive) To be wanton; to indulge in lewdness, flirtation or lasciviousness.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , vol.1, ch.29:
  It is women who communicate their parts as much as a man list to wantonize with them.

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