self-wrong

noun

A wrong done to oneself.

OriginEnglish wrong ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

nounself-wrong (plural self-wrongs)

plural self-wrongs

  1. A wrong done to oneself.

    But leaſt my ſelfe be guilty to ſelfe wrong, ¶ Ile ſtop mine eares againſt the Mermaids ſong.

    But lest myself be guilty to self-wrong, ¶ I’ll stop mine ears against the mermaid’s song.

    c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 92, column 2

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishwrong
  9. Englishself-wrong

From self- + wrong. First attested in 1580–1590.

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APA

self-wrong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-wrong

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“self-wrong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-wrong. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-wrong,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-wrong.

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