Wrength

Pronunciation

• enPR: rÄ•ngth, IPA: /rɛŋθ/

Origin

From Middle English wrength, from Old English *wrengþu ("unevenness, wrongness, inequity"), equivalent to wrong + -th.

Full definition of wrength

Noun

1. The state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness; injustice.
• 2012, Amber McRee Turner, Sway:"Dad," I said, "this isn't an in-between, is it?" "This isn't an in-between," He said. "Honestly, Cass, I'm at a loss for what to call this." "I know exactly what to call it," I said. "Wrength." "Wrength?" "Wrongness." In fact, the way I saw it, Mom had invented a whole new level of wrongness. A bad so bad that wrength might not even be capable of describing it. ..."
• 1905, Juvenile Nonfiction... Wrong is short-lived, and right must vanquish at length, If, scorning the wrong, we do others no wrength.
• 1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish:Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.

Related terms

• wrong