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wanhope

/ˈwɒnhəʊp/ UK
/ˈwɑnhoʊp/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English wanhope, equivalent to wan- + hope. Cognate with Scots wanhop, wanhope (“wanhope, despair”), West Frisian wanhope (“wanhope, despair”), Dutch wanhoop (“despair”).

noun wanhopes

UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable, usually Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair. Wanhope: a fine English word, suggesting unhope of Langland's story of the cats and the mice, and described in Ipotis,[…]
Similar: despond, unhope, despair, desperation, despondency, hopelessness, wanhope
uncountable, usually Vain hope; overconfidence; delusion.
Similar: pie in the sky, pipe dream

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"wanhope." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wanhope.

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@misc{wanhope_2026,
  title = {wanhope},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wanhope},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}