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wretch
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wrecche, from Old English wre??a (“exile, outcast”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, fugitive, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track, follow”). Doublet of garçon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
- Homophone: retch
Noun
wretch (plural wretches)
- An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
- An unpleasant, annoying, worthless, or despicable person.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 532:
- […] Alaeddin ate and drank and was cheered and after he had rested and had recovered spirits he cried, "Ah, O my mother, I have a sore grievance against thee for leaving me to that accursed wight who strave to compass my destruction and designed to take my life. Know that I beheld Death with mine own eyes at the hand of this damned wretch, whom thou didst certify to be my uncle; […]
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 532:
- (archaic) An exile. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- wretched
Translations
Etymology 2
Verb
wretch (third-person singular simple present wretches, present participle wretching, simple past and past participle wretched)
- Misspelling of retch.
Further reading
- wretch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- wretch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- wretch at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “wretch”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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hilding
English
Etymology
Origin unknown. Likely a contraction of earlier hilderling, itself an alteration of hinderling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?ld??/
Noun
hilding (plural hildings)
- A wretch, a contemptible person.
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