wrongous
English
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Etymology
From Middle English wrongous, for earlier wrongwis, wrangwis, from Old English wrongwīs, wrangwīs (“wrongous, rough, uneven”), equivalent to wrong + -wise. Cognate with Swedish vrångvis (“wrong, iniquitous”). See wrong, and compare righteous.
Adjective
wrongous (comparative more wrongous, superlative most wrongous)
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, especially law) Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal.
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, Volume II, Chapter 13,[1]
- “ […] It’s my opinion that the creature Dougal will have a good action of wrongous imprisonment and damages agane him, under the Act seventeen hundred and one, and I’ll see the creature righted.”
- 1879, James Paterson, Reports of Scotch Appeals in the House of Lords:
- If the prisoner is detained an unreasonable time, he would have an action for wrongous imprisonment.
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, Volume II, Chapter 13,[1]
Derived terms
References
- “wrongous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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