Wantyng

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. Archaic form meaning missing or not present in a particular place or thing ; not up to the required standard or quality
2. Lacking something that is needed or expected ; insufficient, failing to meet what a situation or standard requires
3. Absent from a thing that should contain it ; deficient, short of what is necessary or acceptable in quality or amount

Etymology: "Wantyng" is a Middle English spelling of the verb "want" plus the suffix "-ing," used both as a present participle ("lacking") and a verbal noun or adjective. Middle English spelling was not standardized, so "wantyng" appears alongside forms like "wanting" and "wantinge" in the same period. The verb "want" itself entered English from Old Norse "vanta," meaning "to be lacking," which is related to "vanr," "lacking." It was not originally a word for desire. Its earliest sense was simply the absence of something needed, and the sense of wishing for something developed later, when "to be without" a thing naturally shaded into "to long for" it.

Synonyms: lacking, missing, absent

Antonyms: present, sufficient