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In some senses, wen is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
wen
/wɛn/
noun 3adv 1conj 1pron 1name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
enormous, expert, fellow, grown
VERB + WEN
like, said
WEN + NOUN
mother, neck, t'other
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
1
A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.
There was a Fellow with a Wen in his Neck, larger than five Woolpacks, and another with a couple of wooden Legs, each about twenty foot high.
When I have met an immigrant tottering under a bundle which contained his all--looking like an enormous wen which had grown out of the nape of his neck--I have pitied him, not because that was his all, but because he had all that to carry.
noun
1
Obsolete form of wynn (“the letter ƿ”).
adv
1
Alternative spelling of when.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a common cyst of the skin
- steatocystoma
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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There was a Fellow with a Wen in his Neck, larger than five Woolpacks, and another with a couple of wooden Legs, each about twenty foot high.
Wiktionary02
When I have met an immigrant tottering under a bundle which contained his all--looking like an enormous wen which had grown out of the nape of his neck--I have pitied him, not because that was his all
Wiktionary03
Creeps, foreigners with tinted, oily skin, wens, sties, cysts, wheezes, bad teeth, limps, staring or—worse—with Strange Faraway Smiles.
Wiktionary04
To find out more, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. Wen, a mother of two young kids, is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at the George Washington University.
Wiktionary05
Business first, pleasure arterwards, as King Richard the Third said wen he stabbed t'other king in the Tower, afore he smothered the babbies.
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