Meanings
Origin
- Old Englishwanspēd“poverty, want”
- Middle Englishwanspede
- Englishwanspeed
From Middle English wanspede, from Old English wanspēd (“poverty, want”, literally “lack of prosperity”), equivalent to wan- + speed.
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APA
wanspeed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wanspeed
MLA
“wanspeed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wanspeed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wanspeed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wanspeed.
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