Meanings
wan't1
alternative wa'n't
- Yorkshirecontractionotherwise archaicWasn't.
This lass, Nelly Long, she was dressish and dapper, And, though our Dick was a good looked lad, She snubb'd him, scop'd him, for she was a snapper, And told him quite plumpish—she wan't to be had: […]
1829, Melodist, and Mirthful Olio
wan't2
- misspellingMisspelling of want.
2007: “dldege”, Drupal: Can a .theme get the $node it's on?, “Not sure where you are”, the 30ᵗʰ day of January at 7:41pm Not sure where you are wan'ting access to the node.
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2009: “Gregg B”, rec.games.pinball (Google group): Tech, Pinball pool, the 7ᵗʰ day of May at 3:13pm Not sure if this applies to the factory CPU, but if you're using a Pascal board, I'm pretty sure it wan'ts to see the coils fire as part of the POST.
2009: “Edvard Pitka”, nhusers (Google group): How to map Property I don't want setter for., the 8ᵗʰ day of May at 2:45pm You either have persistable attribute in your entity or you don't. […] If you don't wan't to expose it to the outside world you make it private.
wan't3
- misspellingMisspelling of won't.
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2009: “Misiosława I Kwiecień”, SU Paris 2009 (Google group): Presentation !, the 23ʳᵈ day of May at 4:58pm If i would be locked for the night in the 3rd floor of Eiffel Tower, it wan't be because i was late but because it was a nice plan for the night and I am not alone so I would have a lot of fun :)
Origin
wan't · verb
Misspelt by confusion with words formed with the enclitic n't.
Full word history & related roots →wan't · verb
Misspelt possibly by pronunciatory disanalogy with wonder–wander — whose first syllables are pronounced, respectively, wŭn and wŏn — the latter being closer to the pronunciation of won't: wōnt.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wan't
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wan't. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wan't
“wan't.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wan't. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wan't,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wan't.
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