wag-wanton adverb 2noun 2adjective 1forms 3 adverb2 •(UK, no longer used) rowdily (in a manner lacking order)[T]hen euery little childe that playeth wag-wanton[…] — 1601 •(UK, no longer used) promiscuously (indiscriminately or wantonly choosing one's sexual partners)Well hit, but, to the fourth now: Wagge-wanton with his mistresse. — 1604 noun2 •(UK, no longer used) a sexually promiscuous person •(UK, no longer used) quaking grass: any of a genus, Briza, of grasses adjective1 •(UK, no longer used) Synonym of wanton.No man durst scarce this wag-wanton touch. — 1568 formswag-wantons · more wag-wanton · most wag-wanton