Definitions
A harmless cyst or lump that forms under the skin.
Word origin
From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz. Cognate with Dutch wen (“goiter”), Low German Ween (“wen”), dialectal German Wenne (“wen”), Danish van, væne.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Benign lump”3 letters
02“Skin cyst”3 letters
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