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wane
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /we?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Homophones: wain, Wayne
Etymology 1
The noun is derived from Old English wana (“defect, shortage”); the verb from Old English wanian via Middle English wanien. Both ultimately trace to Proto-Germanic *wan?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?weh?- (“to leave, abandon; empty, deserted”), whence also wan-, want, and waste. Compare also Dutch waan (“insanity”) and German Wahn (“insanity”) deprecated defect, Old Norse vanr (“lacking”) ( > Danish prefix van-, only found in compounds), Latin vanus, Gothic ???????????????? (wans, “missing, lacking”), Albanian vonë (“late, futile, mentally retarded”), Armenian ?????? (unayn, “empty”), Old Saxon and Old High German wanon (“to decrease”), Modern Dutch weinig (“a few”), Modern German weniger (“less”), comparative of wenig (“few”) (-ig being a derivate suffix; -er the suffix of comparatives). Doublet of vain, vaunt, vaniloquent, vast, vacuum, vacant, vacate, which are Latin-derived, via the PIE root.
Noun
wane (plural wanes)
- A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
- 1853, Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as Bartleby, ?ISBN, p. 3,
- In the morning, one might say, his face was of a fine florid hue, but after twelve o'clock, meridian -- his dinner hour -- it blazed like a grate full of Christmas coals; and continued blazing -- but, as it were, with a gradual wane -- till six o'clock, PM, or thereabouts; after which, I saw no more of the proprietor of the face, [...].
- 1913, Michael Ott, The Catholic Encyclopedia, "Wenzel Anton Kaunitz",
- His influence which was on the wane during the reign of Joseph II grew still less during the reign of Leopold II (1790-2).
- 1853, Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as Bartleby, ?ISBN, p. 3,
- The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
- 1926, H. P. Lovecraft, "The Moon-Bog",
- It was very dark, for although the sky was clear the moon was now well in the wane, and would not rise till the small hours.
- 1926, H. P. Lovecraft, "The Moon-Bog",
- (literary) The end of a period.
- 1845, Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, or The Two Nations, Book 1, Chapter 3,
- The situation of the Venetian party in the wane of the eighteenth century had become extremely critical.
- 1845, Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, or The Two Nations, Book 1, Chapter 3,
- (woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
- 2002, Peter Ross, Appraisal and Repair of Timber Structures, p. 11,
- Sapwood, or even bark, may appear on the corners, or may have been cut off, resulting in wane, or missing timber.
- 2002, Peter Ross, Appraisal and Repair of Timber Structures, p. 11,
Usage notes
- When referring to the moon or a time period, the word is found mostly in prepositional phrases like in or on the wane.
Synonyms
- (a diminution in power, value, etc.): decrease, decline
Translations
Verb
wane (third-person singular simple present wanes, present participle waning, simple past and past participle waned)
- (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
- 1668, Sir Josiah Child, A New Discourse of Trade
- Land and trade ever will wax and wane together.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 118:
- I have sat before the dense coal fire and watched it all aglow, full of its tormented flaming life; and I have seen it wane at last, down, down, to dumbest dust.
- 1902, John Masefield, "The Golden City of St. Mary":
- And in the cool twilight when the sea-winds wane […]
- 1668, Sir Josiah Child, A New Discourse of Trade
- (intransitive) Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
- 1894, Algernon Charles Swinburne, A Nympholept:
- The skies may hold not the splendour of sundown fast; / It wanes into twilight as dawn dies down into day.
- 1894, Algernon Charles Swinburne, A Nympholept:
- (intransitive, astronomy) Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
- 1866, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, "The Man in the Moon":
- The fall of Jack, and the subsequent fall of Jill, simply represent the vanishing of one moon-spot after another, as the moon wanes.
- 1866, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, "The Man in the Moon":
- (intransitive) Said of a time period that comes to an end.
- 1894, Algernon Charles Swinburne, "A Swimmer's Dream":
- Fast as autumn days toward winter: yet it seems//Here that autumn wanes not, here that woods and streams
- 1894, Algernon Charles Swinburne, "A Swimmer's Dream":
- (intransitive, archaic) To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
- 1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, chapter XIX:
- The snow which had been for some time waning, had given way entirely under the fresh gale of the preceding night.
- 1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, chapter XIX:
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to decrease.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers
- In which no lustful finger can profane him,
Nor any earth with black eclipses wane him
- In which no lustful finger can profane him,
- 1797, Anna Seward, Letter to Mrs Childers of Yorkshire:
- Proud once and princely was the mansion, ere a succession of spendthrifts waned away its splendour.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers
Antonyms
- wax
Derived terms
- wax and wane
Translations
Etymology 2
From Scots wean.
Alternative forms
- wain, waine, wean
Noun
wane (plural wanes)
- (Scotland, slang) A child.
Etymology 3
From Middle English w?ne, w?ne (“dwelling," "custom”), of unclear origins, compare wont.
Alternative forms
- wone (Southern England)
Noun
wane (plural wanes)
- (chiefly Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) A house or dwelling.
Anagrams
- Ewan, Newa, anew, wean
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?.n?/
- Hyphenation: wa?ne
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Compare Sranan Tongo wana.
Noun
wane c (uncountable)
- (Surinam) A type of South American tree that produces hardwood, Sextonia rubra.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
wane
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of wanen
Middle Dutch
Verb
wâne
- inflection of wânen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wana, wona (noun) and wan, won (noun), related to wanian (“to diminish”).
Noun
wane (uncountable)
- penury, deprivation, neediness
- lack, absence
- diminution
Alternative forms
- wan, won, wone; wain (Northern)
Descendants
- English: wane
- Scots: wane, waine
References
- “w?ne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Probably from Old English w?an or w?ana, oblique cases of w?a (“woe, grief, misery”).
Noun
wane (plural wanes)
- woeful, miserable state; adversity; misfortune
- affliction, tribulation
- destruction
Alternative forms
- wan, won, wone
- weane, wæn, wæne, wæine, wen, wene (early, southwest Midlands)
Descendants
- English: wane
References
- “w?ne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
From Old English wana, wona (adjective) and wan, won (adjective), related to wanian (“to diminish”).
Adjective
wane
- inadequate, incomplete, imperfect
- lacking, missing, absent
Alternative forms
- wan, wanne, wone, won, vane
Descendants
- English: wane
- Scots: wan, wane
References
- “w?ne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 4
Noun
wane (uncountable)
- (Northern) Alternative form of vein
Etymology 5
Adverb
wane
- Alternative form of fain
Etymology 6
Adjective
wane
- Alternative form of wan
Etymology 7
Noun
wane (plural wanes)
- (Northern, early) Alternative form of wone (“dwelling”)
Etymology 8
Noun
wane (plural wanes)
- (Northern) Alternative form of wone (“course”)
Etymology 9
Noun
wane (plural wanes)
- Alternative form of wain (“wagon”)
Etymology 10
Noun
wane (plural wanes)
- Alternative form of veine (“vein”)
Etymology 11
Verb
wane (third-person singular simple present waneth, present participle wanynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle waned)
- Alternative form of wanen
Etymology 12
Adverb
wane
- Alternative form of whenne
Conjunction
wane
- Alternative form of whenne
Etymology 13
Verb
wane
- Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
- Alternative form of wonnen: plural simple past of winnen
Etymology 14
Adverb
wane
- Alternative form of whanne
Conjunction
wane
- Alternative form of whanne
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wany
English
Etymology
wane +? -y
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?ni
Adjective
wany (comparative more wany, superlative most wany)
- Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; said especially of sawed boards or timber cut too near the outside of the log.
- Spoiled by wet; said of timber.
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Anagrams
- YNWA, Yawn, awny, wayn, yawn
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