wrongous

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal. Scotland,UK,dialectal,especially
    — It's my opinion that the creature Dougal will have a good action of wrongous imprisonment and damages again him, under the Act seventeen hundred and one, and I'll see the creature righted.

词形变化

more wrongous comparative most wrongous superlative wrongeous alternative

词源

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.
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