wrothyadj.
/ˈrəʊθi//ˈrɒθi/ Wrathful, angry. In 19th cent., revived under the influence of wrathy adj.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective]
irrec825
gramec893
wemodc897
wrothc950
bolghenc1000
gramelyc1000
hotOE
on fireOE
brathc1175
moodyc1175
to-bollenc1175
wrethfulc1175
wraw?c1225
agrameda1300
wrathfula1300
agremedc1300
hastivec1300
irousa1340
wretheda1340
aniredc1350
felonc1374
angryc1380
upreareda1382
jealous1382
crousea1400
grieveda1400
irefula1400
mada1400
teena1400
wraweda1400
wretthy14..
angryc1405
errevousa1420
wrothy1422
angereda1425
passionatec1425
fumous1430
tangylc1440
heavy1452
fire angry1490
wrothsomea1529
angerful?1533
wrothful?1534
wrath1535
provoked1538
warm1547
vibrant1575
chauffe1582
fuming1582
enfeloned1596
incensed1597
choleric1598
inflameda1600
raiseda1600
exasperate1601
angried1609
exasperated1611
dispassionate1635
bristlinga1639
peltish1648
sultry1671
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
nangry1681
ugly1687
sorea1694
glimflashy1699
enraged1732
spunky1809
cholerous1822
kwaai1827
wrathy1828
angersome1834
outraged1836
irate1838
vex1843
raring1845
waxy1853
stiff1856
scotty1867
bristly1872
hot under the collar1879
black angry1894
spitfire1894
passionful1901
ignorant1913
hairy1914
snaky1919
steamed1923
uptight1934
broigus1937
lemony1941
ripped1941
pissed1943
crooked1945
teed off1955
ticked off1959
ripe1966
torqued1967
bummed1970
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 157 Mowrnynge and wrothi thow shalte reme.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 229 Tho men..bene wrothy and hugely angry.
14.. Wheatley MS. (1921) 28 In my flesche ther is no hele In presence of thi worthi [? read wrothi] face [L. a facie ire tue].
1839 C. J. Lever Confessions Harry Lorrequer v A more wrothy gentleman..it having rarely been my evil fortune to forgather with.
1869 A. Trollope Vicar of Bullhampton xvii Gilmore..was waxing wrothy.
1902 M. L. Rodkinson in tr. Babylonian Talmud (new ed.) VIII. p. xiii Ezra was wrothy that the Torah should be given through him.
Derivatives
ˈwrothily adv.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
wrothec950
wrothlyOE
moodilyOE
thraftlyc1275
wrathfullyc1330
teenfullya1375
heavyc1380
angerlya1387
angrilyc1400
irouslya1450
fumously1459
wrethfullyc1475
hot1487
irefully1490
wrothfullya1500
wrothly?a1500
melancholily1536
enragedlya1572
fumingly1597
iracundiously1599
teenouslya1600
passionately1615
warmly1776
wrathily1847
heatedly1862
irately1883
spunkily1890
wrothily1898
1898 N. Munro John Splendid xxv. 257 [He] would ruffle up wrothily with blame for my harping on that incident.
ˈwrothiness n.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > state or condition of anger
moodinessOE
wrethinga1300
wrathfulnessa1382
irefulness1388
wrothiness1422
reveriec1425
angrinessc1450
wrethfulnessc1475
wrothfulness1535
incensement1599
incandescence1656
angerness1835
iracundity1840
uptightness1969
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 227 A grete fleshy shorte neke tokenyth wrothynesse like as a bull is.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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