cloth, fabric, textile, material – artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; “the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent”; “woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC”; “she measured off enough material for a dress”
2.
pique – a sudden outburst of anger; “his temper sparked like damp firewood”
A space, especially a small or narrow one, between things or parts: “There is a gleam of luminous gold, where the sinking western sun has found a first direct interstice in the clouds”John Fowles.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin interstitium, from *interstitus, past participle of intersistere, to pause, make a break : inter-, inter- + sistere, to cause to stand, set up; see st- in Indo-European roots.]
b. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust: wanton destruction.
3. Unrestrainedly excessive: wanton extravagance; wanton depletion of oil reserves.
4. Luxuriant; overabundant: wanton tresses.
5. Frolicsome; playful.
6. Undisciplined; spoiled.
7. Obsolete Rebellious; refractory.
v.wan·toned, wan·ton·ing, wan·tons
v.intr.
To act, grow, or move in a wanton manner; be wanton.
v.tr.
To waste or squander extravagantly.
n.
1. One who is immoral, lewd, or licentious.
2. One that is playful or frolicsome.
3. One that is undisciplined or spoiled.
[Middle English wantowen : wan-, not, lacking (from Old English; see eu- in Indo-European roots) + towen, past participle of teen, to bring up (from Old English ton, to lead, draw; see deuk- in Indo-European roots).]
behave, act, do – behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; “You should act like an adult”; “Don’t behave like a fool”; “What makes her do this way?”; “The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people”
Adj.
1.
wanton – occurring without motivation or provocation; “motiveless malignity”; “unprovoked and dastardly attack”- F.D.Roosevelt
harangue, rant, ranting – a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
2.
screed – a long piece of writing
piece of writing, written material, writing – the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); “the writing in her novels is excellent”; “that editorial was a fine piece of writing”
3.
screed – an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
strip, slip – artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
To enlist or be enlisted in military service: She mustered in at the age of 18.
muster out
To discharge or be discharged from military service: He was mustered out when the war ended.
Idiom:
pass muster
To be judged as acceptable.
[Middle English mustren, from Old French moustrer, from Latin mnstrre, to show, from mnstrum, sign, portent, from monre, to warn; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
smithereens – a collection of small fragments considered as a whole; “Berlin was bombed to smithereens”; “his hopes were dashed to smithereens”; “I wanted to smash him to smithereens”; “the toilet bowl ws blown to smithereens”