wronger
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒŋ.ə/
Audio (Berkshire, Standard Southern British): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɹoŋ.ɚ/
- (Australia) IPA(key): /ˈɹɔŋ.ə/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): [ˈɹɔ̟ŋ.ə]
- Rhymes: -ɒŋə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
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Proto-Indo-European *wrengʰ- / *wrengʷʰder.?
Proto-Germanic *wringaną
Proto-Germanic *wrangaz
Proto-West Germanic *wrang
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Old English wrang
Middle English wrong
English wrong
English wronger
Noun
wronger (plural wrongers)
- One who wrongs someone.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 1:
- LEONATO. Which is the villain? Let me see his eyes,
That, when I note another man like him,
I may avoid him. Which of these is he?
BORACHIO. If you would know your wronger, look on me.
- One who commits a wrong.
Etymology 2
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Adjective
wronger
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