"wit-wanton" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1613, Iosuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas: His Diuine Weekes and Workes with a Compleate Collection of All the Other Most Delight-full Workes, London: […] Robert Young, translation of original by [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, published 1633, page 584:",
          "text": "All Epicures, Wit-wantons, Atheiſts,[…]",
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          "text": "And how dangerous it is for wit-wanton men to dance with their nice distinctions, on such mystical precipices, where slips in jest may cause deadly downfalls in earnest,[…]",
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          "ref": "1855 September, “English, Past and Present”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume LII, number CCCIX, page 345:",
          "text": "Word-warriors and wit-wantons would waste their breath upon one whose book-hunger has won him so rich a meed,[…]",
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