Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Wanhope · Wan·hope · IPA /ˈwɑnhoʊp/ 01 n. Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. 1. Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.[Obs.]