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wen | ren |

As a noun wen

is .

As a verb ren is

to groan, moan.

wen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cyst on the skin.
  • * 1854 , (Henry David Thoreau), (Walden) , Walden:
    • When I have met an immigrant tottering under a bundle which contained his all--looking like an enormous wen which had grown out of the nape of his neck--I have pitied him, not because that was his all, but because he had all that to carry.
  • * 1973 , (Thomas Pynchon), Gravity's Rainbow :
    • Creeps, foreigners with tinted, oily skin, wens , sties, cysts, wheezes, bad teeth, limps, staring or—worse—with Strange Faraway Smiles.
  • * 1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 4:
    • I am debating whether to risk scratching the right side of my jaw, where there is a wen .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a runic letter later replaced by w

    • Anagrams

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    Etymology 3

    Noun

  • An enormously congested city.
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    ren

    English

    (wikipedia ren)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ren.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (anatomy) A kidney.
    • Related terms
    * renal

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) One's secret name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology.
  • * 1983 , Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings :
    • For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back.

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