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1. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
   "the wan stars";
   - pale, pallid, sick
    
2. Abnormally deficient in colour as suggesting physical or emotional distress
   "her wan face suddenly flushed";
   - pale, pallid
    
3. Lacking vitality as from weariness, illness or unhappiness
   "a wan smile"

1. Become pale and sickly

1. A computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
   - wide area network

Derived forms: wannest, wans, wanning, wanned, wanner, WANs

See also: colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], unanimated, weak

Type of: come down, computer network, sicken

Encyclopedia: Wan, Kwong