wan
a. வௌதறிய, குருதியற்ற, சோகை படிந்த, மெலிந்த, (பழ.) இருண்ட, கடுமையான.
Wan, obs. imp. of Win. Defn: Won. Chaucer. Wan (, a. Etym: [AS. wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win.] Defn: Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid. "Sad to view, his visage pale and wan." Spenser. My color . . . [is] wan and of a leaden hue. Chaucer. Why so pale and wan, fond lover Suckling. With the wan moon overhead. Longfellow. Wan, n. Defn: The quality of being wan; wanness. [R.] Tinged with wan from lack of sleep. Tennyson. Wan, v. i. Defn: To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. "All his visage wanned." Shak. And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair. Tennyson.