wanhope

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Definition of wanhope in English English dictionary

Hopelessness, despair

Wel ouȝte I sterve in wanhope and distresse. / Farwel my lif, my lust, and my gladnesse!.

Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion

[Obs

] Piers Plowman

Etymology

() From wan- +‎ hope.