Etymology

wretchful

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Middle English wreccheful
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromwreccheful
  2. English todaywretchful

From Middle English wreccheful; equivalent to wretch + -ful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.