Noun
lewd or lascivious woman

Verb
behave extremely cruelly and brutally

Verb
engage in amorous play

Verb
become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

Verb
spend wastefully; "wanton one''s money away"

Verb
indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life

Verb
waste time; spend one''s time idly or inefficiently

Adjective S.
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"

Adjective S.
occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt

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v. t.
Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.

v. t.
Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.

v. t.
Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.

v. t.
Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.

n.
A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.

n.
One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.

n.
A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.

v. i.
To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.

v. i.
To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.

v. t.
To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.

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Wanton

Wan"ton , a. [OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref. wan- wanting (see Wane, v. i.), hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of te'a2n to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See Tug, v. t.] 1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness." Spenser. "A wild and wanton herd." Shak.

A wanton and a merry [friar].

[She] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved.

How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise!

2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. "Men grown wanton by prosperity." Roscommon. 3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.

Not with wanton looking of folly.

[Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace, Lascivious, wanton.

4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.

Wanton

Wan"ton, n. 1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.

I am afeard you make a wanton of me.

Peace, my wantons; he will do More than you can aim unto.

2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.

Anything, sir, That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton.

3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.

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.

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!

2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.

Wanton

Wan"ton, v. t. To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. [Obs.]

Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.

A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.

To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.

To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.