English Explanatory Dictionary

wrongous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal.

Word forms

wrongous more wrongous most wrongous wrongeous

Etymology

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.

Related words

wrongwise

Derived words

wrongously wrongousness
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