wanhope Meaning, Definition & Usage

Wan"hope` noun

Etymology

AS. wan, won, deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop. . See Wane, and Hope.

Definitions

1. Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. Obs. Piers Plowman. "Wanhope and distress." Chaucer.