Wan
Wan , imperfect
Won. [obsolete] — Chaucer
Wan ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon wann, wonn, wan, won, dark, lurid, livid, perhaps originally, worn out by toil, from winnan to labor, strive. See Win.]
Having a pale or sickly hue; languid of look; pale; pallid.
Sad to view, his visage pale and wan.
My color... [is] wan and of a leaden hue.
Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
With the wan moon overhead.
Wan , noun
The quality of being wan; wanness. [Rare]
Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.
Wan , intransitive verb
To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks.
All his visage wanned.
And ever he mutter'd and madden'd, and ever wann'd with despair.