Etymology

wantsome

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Today it means: Characterised or marked by lack; poor; needy. Full definition →

Middle English wantsum
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwantsum
  2. English todaywantsome

From Middle English wantsum, equivalent to want + -some.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.