wanion

noun

wan·​ion ˈwän-yən 

archaic

: plague, vengeance

—used in the phrase with a wanion

Word History

Etymology

from the obsolete phrase in the waniand unluckily, literally, in the waning (moon), from Middle English, from waniand, northern present participle of wanien, wanen to wane

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above