wen

noun

1. A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.

   “There was a Fellow with a Wen in his Neck, larger than five Woolpacks, and another with a couple of wooden Legs, each about twenty foot high.”

   “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.”

   “Creeps, foreigners with tinted, oily skin, wens, sties, cysts, wheezes, bad teeth, limps, staring or—worse—with Strange Faraway Smiles.”

   “I am debating whether to risk scratching the right side of my jaw, where there is a wen.”

   “Wen, Wen, little Wen, here you must not build, here have no abode but you must go north to the nearby hill where, poor wretch, you have a brother.”

2. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of wynn (“the letter ƿ”).
3. (alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable)Alternative spelling of when.

adv

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling)Alternative spelling of when.

conj

1. (alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling)Alternative spelling of when.

pron

1. (alt-of, alternative, pronunciation-spelling)Alternative spelling of when.

name

1. A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.

   “To find out more, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. Wen, a mother of two young kids, is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at the George Washington University.”