wappened

English

Etymology

From wap (“to engage in sexual intercourse”).

Adjective

wappened (comparative more wappened, superlative most wappened)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Deflowered; not a virgin.
  2. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Wanton; immoral; unchaste; lewd.
  3. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) Foundered; worn-out; exhausted; broken.
    • c. 1605–1606, Shakespeare, William, Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3:
      This is it / That makes the wappened widow wed again / She, whom the spi-house and ulcerous sores / Would cast the gorge at, this embalms and spices / To th' April day again.

Synonyms

References
  • Farmer, John Stephen (1904) Slang and Its Analogues‎, volume 7, page 292
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