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wanion

[won-yuhn]

noun Archaic.

curse; vengeance.

Origin:
1540–50; alteration of waniand, Middle English: present participle of wanien to wane (see -ing²), from the phrase in the waniand (mone) in the time of the waning (moon), i.e., in an unlucky hour

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