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Webster 1913 Edition


Wappened

Wap′pened

,
Adj.
[Cf.
Waped
,
Wapper
.]
A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.
This [gold] is it
That makes the
wappen’d
widow wed again.
It is conjectured by some that it is an error for wappered, meaning tremulous or exhausted.

Definition 2024


wappened

wappened

English

Adjective

wappened (comparative more wappened, superlative most wappened)

  1. (archaic, Britain, cant) Deflowered; not a virgin.
  2. (archaic, Britain, cant) Wanton; immoral; unchaste; lewd.
  3. (archaic, Britain, cant) Foundered; worn-out; exhausted; broken.
    • c. 1605–1606, Shakespeare, William, Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3:
      This is it / That makes the wappened widow wed again / She, whom the spi-house and ulcerous sores / Would cast the gorge at, this embalms and spices / To th' April day again.

Synonyms

  • (wanton): see Wikisaurus:promiscuous
  • (exhausted): see Wikisaurus:fatigued

References

  • Farmer, John Stephen (1904) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 7, page 292