† wrongousnessn.
Obsolete.
The state or condition of being wrong; wrongfulness.
ΘΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun]
unrighteOE
unrightnessOE
unrightfulnessc1275
wrongousnessc1325
the wrongc1330
unequityc1380
injustice1390
unreasonc1390
wrongfulnessa1400
unskilfulnessc1410
unjustnessc1443
unevennessa1470
unjusticea1475
disreason1480
unreasonablenessc1515
inequity1556
iniquity1587
non-reason1597
unequalness1628
unfairness1713
wrongness1833
c1325 Metr. Hom. 136 Sua stroies mare men the lesse, Wit wa and werldes wrangwisnes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7543 Qua-sa fightes in wrangwisnes, Him helpes noght his Irinnes.
1923 D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo xvi. 333 The heroic effort to carry out the old righteousness becomes at last sheer wrongeousness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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