unright

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”), equivalent to un- (“absence of”) +‎ right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“wrongdoing, injustice”), Dutch onrecht (“injustice, inequity, wrong”), German Unrecht (“injustice”), Swedish orätt (“injustice, wrong, sin”).

Noun

unright (usually uncountable, plural unrights)

1. (archaic) That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

Etymology 2

From Middle English unrighten, from unright (“unright”, adj.).

Verb

unright (third-person singular simple present unrights, present participle unrighting, simple past and past participle unrighted)

1. (transitive) To make wrong.

Etymology 3

From Middle English unright, unrighte, from Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), equivalent to un- +‎ right.

Adverb

unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)

1. (archaic or obsolete) Wrongly.

Anagrams

• hurting, ungirth

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English unriht (“wrong, unrighteous, wicked, false, unlawful”), from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz (“unright”), equivalent to un- (“not”) +‎ right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“unfair, unjust”), Dutch onrecht (“wrong”), German unrecht (“wrong”), Swedish orätt (“wrong”).

Adjective

unright

1. not right; unrighteous; unjust; wrong
   • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     My king, quod he, that were unright

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