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wen 1[wen] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for wen on Thesaurus.com noun
- Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- British. a large, crowded city or a crowded urban district: London is the great wen of England.
Origin of wen 1 before 1000; Middle English, Old English wenn; cognate with Dutch wen Can be confusedwen when wen 2[wen] noun
- wynn.
Related Words for wen sac, sore, blister, vesicle, bag, injury, pouch, wen, bleb, cancer, outgrowth, swelling, polyp, lump, parasite, excrescence, mole, fungus, thickening, cancroid Examples from the Web for wen Contemporary Examples of wen
Wen Xiaowu, another visitor, said he believed China’s president would be “displeased” with his Communist colleagues in Zhejiang.
Christians Form Human Shield Around Church in China’s ‘Jerusalem’
The Telegraph
April 6, 2014
The Wen Wei Po article contains a nugget that tells us why Beijing wanted to get back at the regime in Pyongyang.
North Korea’s Monstrous Murder Methods
Gordon G. Chang
January 5, 2014
What is intriguing with this dog-bites-man story, however, is that it started with Wen Wei Po.
North Korea’s Monstrous Murder Methods
Gordon G. Chang
January 5, 2014
The attacks followed an investigation by Times reporter David Barboza into the personal wealth of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
Is New York Times Hacking Just the Beginning?
Sam Schlinkert
February 1, 2013
In 2005, when Premier Wen Jiabao visited Bangalore, he climbed a 200-foot high tower and waved another “Free Tibet” banner.
Tibet’s Star Activist Warns Obama
Tunku Varadarajan
February 4, 2010
Historical Examples of wen
Wen it iss a matteh of learrn in orrter to surfife, one learrnss.
Randall Garrett
And Xavier, who had a wen under his eye, laid his finger on it.
Winston Churchill
Most of all Rose dreaded the question, “Wen is ‘E goin’ to take a little ‘ouse?”
May Sinclair
I sorrow to hear that; the Wen was a capable man, and brave.
The Prince and The Pauper, Complete
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Wen he got to his own room, he found his wife cryin, lik her heart was brok.
Walter T. Gray
British Dictionary definitions for wen wen 1 noun
- pathol a sebaceous cyst, esp one occurring on the scalp
- a large overcrowded city (esp London in the phrase the great wen)
Word Origin for wen Old English wenn; related to Danish dialect van, væne, Dutch wenn wen 2 noun
- a rune having the sound of Modern English w
Word Origin for wen Old English wen, wyn Word Origin and History for wen n.
Old English wenn “a wen, wart,” a West Germanic word (cf. Middle Low German wene, Dutch wen, dialectal German Wenne) of uncertain origin.
wen in Medicine wen [wĕn] n.
- sebaceous cyst