adulteresses, or would-be adulteresses, found in such diverse works as ancient Egyptian and Indian tales, Greek legends, and the Bible, feature prominently in several of the anonymous framed collections of short stories, of Eastern origin, which circulated widely in Western Europe in the Middle...
2. In such case there would be no malice, but the wantonness of the act would render the offending party liable to punishment. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856. ...
James 5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and beenwanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.(KJV WBS YLT NAS) Revelation 18:7However much she glorified herself, and grewwanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart,'I sit...
In OE. the number of words formed with the prefix is considerable, but none of them has survived into modern English, and only one (wanspéd, ill-success) into ME. Of the many new formations that arose in ME., onlywantoȝen, undisciplined, WANTON, still survives in use (with no co...
14 They were seized with craving in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. 诗篇106:14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 14 But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert; 诗篇106:14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB) 14...