wantsome

English

Etymology

From Middle English wantsum, equivalent to want +‎ -some.

Adjective

wantsome (comparative more wantsome, superlative most wantsome)

  1. (obsolete or poetic) Characterised or marked by lack; poor; needy.
    • 1908, original 1620, C. J. Evans, The Story of Glamorgan, page 30:
      And to her gates the wantsome may
      From everie where resorte […]
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