unright

Meanings

Noun

• That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

Verb

• To make wrong.

Adjective

• Not right; unrighteous; unjust; wrong;

Adverb

• Wrongly.

Origin

• From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht, equivalent to un- + right. Cognate with Scots unricht ("wrongdoing, injustice"), Dutch onrecht ("injustice, inequity, wrong"), German Unrecht ("injustice"), Swedish orätt ("injustice, wrong, sin").
• From Middle English unrighten, from unright.
• From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht, from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz, equivalent to un- + right. Cognate with Scots unricht, Dutch onrecht, German unrecht, Swedish orätt.
• From Middle English unright, unrighte, from Old English unrihte ("wrongly, crookedly, unjustly"), equivalent to un- + right.