Etymology

wrongous

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Today it means: Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal. Full definition →

Middle English wrongous ← Old English wrangwīs
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  1. Old English · inherited fromwrangwīs“wrongous, rough, uneven”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwrongous
  3. English todaywrongous

From Middle English wrongous, for earlier wrongwis, wrangwis, from Old English wrangwīs (“wrongous, rough, uneven”), equivalent to wrong + -ous (see also wrongwise). Cognate with Swedish vrångvis (“wrong, iniquitous”). See wrong, and compare righteous.

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