"wanhope" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɒnhəʊp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɑnhoʊp/ [General-American] Forms: wanhopes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wanhope, equivalent to wan- + hope. Cognate with Scots wanhop, wanhope (“wanhope, despair”), West Frisian wanhope (“wanhope, despair”), Dutch wanhoop (“despair”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wanhope}} Middle English wanhope, {{prefix|en|wan|hope}} wan- + hope, {{cog|sco|wanhop}} Scots wanhop, {{cog|fy|wanhope||wanhope, despair}} West Frisian wanhope (“wanhope, despair”), {{cog|nl|wanhoop||despair}} Dutch wanhoop (“despair”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} wanhope (usually uncountable, plural wanhopes)
  1. (UK dialectal or archaic) Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair. Tags: UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wanhope-en-noun-r75DJdsD Categories (other): British English, English terms prefixed with wan- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with wan-: 53 47
  2. Vain hope; overconfidence; delusion. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wanhope-en-noun-PBJ4HLYA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with wan-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with wan-: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wanhope
  1. despair
    Sense id: en-wanhope-enm-noun-52hFhs33 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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