Wanhope
Pronunciation : Wan"hope`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. wan, won, deficient, wanting + hopa hope: cf. D. wanhoop. . See Wane, and Hope.]
Definition : Defn: Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. "Wanhope and distress." Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913