Wan"hope` (?), n. [AS. wan,
won, deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop.
&?;&?;&?;&?;. See Wane, and Hope.] Want of hope;
despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers
Plowman. "Wanhope and distress." Chaucer.
Wan"hope` (?), n. [AS. wan,
won, deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop.
&?;&?;&?;&?;. See Wane, and Hope.] Want of hope;
despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers
Plowman. "Wanhope and distress." Chaucer.