wanion

Meaning

Noun

• The wane of the moon.
• Curse.
• Vengeance (in the phrases in a wanion, with a wanion, “with a vengeance”).

Origin

• Alteration of earlier waniand, from Middle English wanien ("waning"), present participle of wanien (from the phrase "in the waniand [moon]", i.e. in the time of the waning moon, in an unlucky period).