wrength en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɛŋθ/
- rĕngth
Etymology
Probably originally a nonce formation from wrong + -th (abstract nominal suffix) by analogy with strong ~ strength and long ~ length; compare Middle English wrengthe (“crookedness, distortion”).
Meanings
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(nonstandard, rare, uncountable) The state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness; error.
This world is full of wrength, Nothing will be done till we stand up to it upto^([sic]) its maximum length […]
2022, Jaymin Shah, Life Travel, page 12:In wrength they banished him, astride His vengeful rage now rode, and chide He did his sense, his kin and home; Yet sunderance he would not abide.
2024, Maria Qatato, The Return of the Sun & Other Poems:[...] Wrong is short-lived, and right must vanquish at length, If, scorning the wrong, we do others no wrength.
1905, Juvenile Nonfiction:"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. [...]"
2012, Amber McRee Turner, Sway:Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish: