Definitions

Walkaway; Wanker; Wank; Wankasaurus; 

Weal and Welfare; Weltanschauung

Whilst; Whimsy; Whistle-blower

Whitewash; Withal; Word-magic; Worldliness

Working Class Hero; Yah Boo Sucks

• weal (tr.v.): to promote *the weal and welfare* of; [e.g.]: “Septimius: ‘Uſe me then, | Womanish Fear fare wel, I’ll never melt more, | Lead on, to ſome great thing, to weal my Spirit; | I cut the Cedar Pompey, and I’ll fell | This huge Oak Cæſar too’. Footnote 77. To weal ſignifies to render well or healthy, and therefore ſeems a ſtronger Word than heal, which both Mr Theobald and Mr. Sympſon would ſubſtitute inſtead of it. As weal is not very common in this Senſe, I at firſt Reading heſitated upon it, and thought that ſteel my Spirit might be the true Reading, as it is a more metaphorical Phraſe, and common to our Authors”. (John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, “The False One; A Tragedy”, 1619-20, act iv., scene 3, page 153). [emphasis added]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

• “Amid great fanfare and pomp and show, for instance, he [Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif] had inaugurated a couple of power projects in these very times. But all have turned out to be great duds, with a very negative impact on public opinion. Instead of his aspired public kudos in bagfuls, he has earned the people’s consternation in heaps for the sloppy work done in a hurry to impress the masses with his government’s capabilities to deliver and his own earnestness for *the public weal and welfare*. And same would go with his mega projects if those too are slipshod works, which in all likelihood those would be, given his penchant to give a speedy completion to the projects to make for a good impression about his government and leadership on the people’s minds. He indeed is suffering, and suffering very badly, for his passion to go after elephantine schemes and projects”. [emphasis added]. ~ (from “PM’s Naivety”, Byline; August 01, 2014, Frontier Post, Peshawar, Pakistan; ©2014 Asianet-Pakistan).

• weal (n.): 1. the welfare of the community; the general good; [e.g.]: “In weal and welfare for all the citizens throughout the land”; 2. prosperity; happiness; [e.g.]: “The term public weal refers to all denizens of the commonwealth”. [Middle English wele, from Old English wela]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

• weal (n.; archaic): 1. prosperity or wellbeing (now esp. in the phrases ‘the common weal’ {=‘the common wealth’ a.k.a. ‘the commonwealth’}, ‘the public weal and welfare’); 2. (obsolete): the state; 3. (obsolete): wealth. [Old English wela; related to Old Saxon welo, Old High German wolo]. [curly-bracketed insert added]. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

• welfare (n.): 1. a state or condition of doing well; prosperous or satisfactory course or relation; exemption from evil; state with respect to well-being: as, ‘to promote the physical or the spiritual welfare of society’; ‘to inquire after a friend’s welfare’; ‘to be anxious about the welfare of a ship at sea’; [e.g.]: “My daughter’s welfare I do feare”. (Child’s Ballads, “The Merchant’s Daughter”; IV. 332). “He [James II.] seems to have determined to make some amends for neglecting the welfare of his own soul by taking care of the souls of others”. (First Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1800-1859, “History of England”, vi.); 2†. a source of well-being; a blessing; a good; [e.g.]: “Lith Troylus, byraft of eche welfare, Ybounden in the blake bark of care”. (Geoffery Chaucer, “Troilus”, iv. 228). [from Middle English welfare (= Middle Low German wolvare); well² + fare¹]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).

• welfare (n.): 1. something which aids or promotes well-being; [e.g.]: “For the welfare of all”; (synonyms): benefit; (related words): goodness, good (that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; [e.g.]: “Weigh the good against the bad”; “Among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realisation”); advantage, reward (benefit resulting from some event or action; [e.g.]: “It turned out to my advantage that’s for sure”; “Reaping the rewards of generosity”); sake, interest (a reason for wanting something done; [e.g.]: “It’s for your sake not mine”; “Died for the sake of his country”; “In the interest of safety”; “In the common interest or common good”); 2. a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous; (synonyms): eudaemonia, eudaimonia, upbeat, wellbeing, well-being; [e.g.]: “The town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles”; (related words): fool’s paradise (an illusory state of wellbeing); health, wellness (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; [e.g.]: “Physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients”); successfulness, prosperity (the condition of prospering; having good fortune); 3. governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need; [e.g.]: “She lives on welfare you know”; (synonyms): public assistance, social welfare; (related words): social insurance (government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue); relief (aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped; [e.g.]: “He has been on relief for many years”); pogey, pogy, dole (money received from the state); economic aid, financial aid, aid (money to support a worthy person or cause). ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

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Weltanschauung (n.; pron. veldt-un-shh·oww-oong): a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity’s relation to it. [German; literally, ‘world-view’]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).