wanwood

English

Etymology

From wan +‎ wood.

Pronunciation

Noun

wanwood (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) A pale or withered forest; a ghostly wood, often associated with decay or melancholy.
    • 1880, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Spring and Fall: To a Young Child”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, page 51:
      Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]
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