wargus
Meanings
noun
- An outlaw, outcast, or exile; one driven out of society for their crimes.
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Etymology
From Anglo-Latin wargus, from wearg, wearh (“outlaw, criminal”), from Proto-West Germanic *warg, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal, wolfish individual”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).
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