WEN

PRONUNCIATION: (wen)

MEANING: noun:
1. A benign tumor of the skin.
2. A large overcrowded city.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old English wen (tumor, wart). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wen- (to beat or wound), which also gave us the word wound. Earliest documented use: 1000.

NOTES: In 1822, William Cobbett, farmer, pamphleteer, journalist, MP, and a champion of rural England, nicknamed the rapidly growing London, The Great Wen.
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iWEN - a benign tumor of the thumb, caused by excessive texting

SEN - half of a tiny licorice-flavored mouth-freshening lozenge, no longer made

WENU - 1. what you see if you look at the list of restaurant offerings upside down; 2. (French) past participle of WENIR