wough

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English wough (“wall”).

Noun

wough (plural woughs)

1. (obsolete) A wall.

Etymology 2

Interjection

wough

1. Alternative form of woof
   • 1922, Gordon Casserly, The Jungle Girl‎^[1]:

     As it scrambled swiftly over the edge it caught sight of the elephant and with a deep "wough!" charged straight at it.

   • 1884, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches‎^[2]:

     The trapper shouted and waved his cap; whereupon, to his amazement, the bear uttered a loud "wough" and charged straight down on him--only to fall a victim to misplaced boldness.

   • 1863, Various, The Children's Garland from the Best Poets‎^[3]:

     Bough wough, The watch dogs bark, Bough wough, Hark, hark!

---

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wouȝ, woughe, woȝe, wouȝh, woh

Etymology

From Old English wōh; from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz.

Adjective

wough

1. wrong, unjust, bad
2. evil, immoral
3. untrue, inaccurate
4. curved, bent

Synonyms

• ivel, yvel
• badde

Descendants

• English: wough

References

• “wough (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Noun

wough

1. A wrong or unjust action
2. A sinful or immoral action
3. An inaccuracy or mistake
4. depravity, moral corruption
5. woe, misery, pain

Descendants

• English: wough

References

• “wough (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.