unright
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”), equivalent to un- (“absence of”) + right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“wrongdoing, injustice”), Dutch onrecht (“injustice, inequity, wrong”), German Unrecht (“injustice”), Swedish orätt (“injustice, wrong, sin”).
Noun
unright (usually uncountable, plural unrights)
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English unrighten, from unright (“unright”, adj.).
Verb
unright (third-person singular simple present unrights, present participle unrighting, simple past and past participle unrighted)
- (transitive) To make wrong.
Etymology 3
From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, unrighteous, wicked, false, unlawful”), from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz (“unright”), equivalent to un- (“not”) + right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“unfair, unjust”), Dutch onrecht (“wrong”), German unrecht (“wrong”), Swedish orätt (“wrong”).
Adjective
unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)
- Not right; unrighteous; unjust; wrong.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
Etymology 4
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), equivalent to un- + right.
Adverb
unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)
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