Wantonness, Wanton, Wantonly
Wantonness, Wanton, Wantonly
“lasciviousness, licentiousness,” is rendered “wantonness” in 2Pe 2:18, AV; see LASCIVIOUSNESS.
“insolent luxury,” is rendered “wantonness” in Rev 18:3, RV (marg., “luxury;” AV, “delicacies,” not a sufficiently strong rendering).
akin to A, No. 2, “to run riot,” is rendered “waxed wanton” in Rev 18:7, RV, and “lived wantonly” in Rev 18:8. See DELICATELY, Note (1). The root of the verb is seen in the Latin strenuus.
an intensive form of No. 1, “to wax wanton against,” occurs in 1Ti 5:11.