different between wrength vs breton

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrength, which may derive from an unattested Old English *wrengþu (“unevenness, wrongness, inequity”) (from wrang (“wrong”)) or have been formed in Middle English from wrong on analogy with strong : strength and long : length (see -th); modern uses may be similarly analogical nonces.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?ngth, IPA^(key): /????/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

wrength (uncountable)

1. (rare and now nonstandard) The state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness.
   • 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.

   • 1905, Juvenile Nonfiction

     [...] Wrong is short-lived, and right must vanquish at length, If, scorning the wrong, we do others no wrength.

   • 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. [...]"

Related terms

• wrong

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English *wrengþu (“wrongfulness”), from Old English wrang (“wrong”), or formed in Middle English from wrong +? -th on analogy with strength and length.

Noun

wrength (plural wrengths)

1. The state or quality of being wrong, wrongfulness, injustice; crookedness; distortion.
   • c1220, Bestiary 85 in Old Eng. Misc. 3:

     Ðanne goð he to a ston, & he billeð ðer-on, Billeð til his bec biforn haueð ðe wrengðe forloren.

Descendants

• Scots: wrength
• English: wrength

Scots

Etymology

1823, from wrang, wrong (“wrong”), formed on analogy with strength (from strong), length (from long) by R. Gilhaize Galt, or from Middle English wrength (“wrongfulness”). More at wrong.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?ngth, IPA^(key): /r???/

Noun

wrength (plural wrengths)

1. wrongfulness, injustice

Related terms

• wrong

References

• William Graham, The Scots Word Book, "injustice", 1980.
• Notes:

Esperanto

Noun

breton

1. accusative singular of breto

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.t??/

Adjective

breton (feminine singular bretonne, masculine plural bretons, feminine plural bretonnes)

1. Breton (of or relating to Brittany, its language or people)

Derived terms

Noun

breton m (uncountable)

1. the Breton language

Derived terms

Further reading

• “breton” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• robent

Occitan

Adjective

breton m (feminine singular bretona, masculine plural bretons, feminine plural bretonas)

1. Breton (of or relating to Brittany, its language or people)

Noun

breton m (plural bretons)

1. the Breton language

Old French

Adjective

breton m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bretone)

1. Breton (of or relating to Brittany, its language or people)

Declension

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bre?ton/

Etymology 1

From French breton.

Adjective

breton m or n (feminine singular breton?, masculine plural bretoni, feminine and neuter plural bretone)

1. Breton

Noun

breton m (plural bretoni)

1. Breton (person)

Etymology 2

From French [à la] bretonne.

Noun

breton n (plural bretoane)

1. (hair) bangs, fringe