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unright en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”), equivalent to un- (“absence of”) + right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“wrongdoing, injustice”), Dutch onrecht (“injustice, inequity, wrong”), German Unrecht (“injustice”), Swedish orätt (“injustice, wrong, sin”).

Meanings

1. (archaic, uncountable, usually) That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

Forms

unright en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English unrighten, from unright (“unright”, adj.).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make wrong.

Forms

unright en · ADJ · etymology 3

Etymology

From Middle English unright, unrighte, from Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), equivalent to un- + right.

Meanings

1. wrong

Deriveds

unrightness

unright en · ADV · etymology 3

Etymology

From Middle English unright, unrighte, from Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), equivalent to un- + right.

Meanings

1. (archaic, obsolete) Wrongly.

Forms