wrength
noun/ɹɛŋθ/
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”).
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Nonstandard, Rare The state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness; error.
- 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:
- [...] Wrong is short-lived, and right must vanquish at length, If, scorning the wrong, we do others no wrength.1905, Juvenile Nonfiction:
3 more examples
- "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:
- 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: