adj. (wanner, wannest) pale; exhaustedlooking. s wanly adv. wanness n. [Old English, = dark] wand /world/ n. 1 supposedly magic stick used by a fairy, magician, etc. 2 staff as a symbol of office. 3 colloq. conductor’s baton. [Old Norse] wander twonda(r)/ v. 1 (often toll. by in, off, etc.) go about from place to place aimlessly. 2 a wind about; meander. b stray from a path etc. 3 talk or think incoherently; be inattentive or delirious. wanderer n. [Old English: related to WEND]