wantonness (n.) Old form(s): Wantonnesse
foolish behaviour, caprice, whims
1H4 V.ii.68[Vernon to Hotspur, of Prince Hal] England did never owe so sweet a hope / So much misconstrued in his wantonness
Ham III.i.146[Hamlet to Ophelia] You ... make your wantonness your ignorance
KJ IV.i.16[Arthur to Hubert, of France] Young gentlemen would be as sad as night / Only for wantonness
TC III.iii.137[Ulysses to Achilles] How one man eats into another's pride, / While pride is fasting in his wantonness!
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