wrongous, wrongeous

[A corruption of face. wrong wise (q. v.).] *1. Ord. Lang : Wrong, unjust, wrongful. "Every wrong must be judged by the first violent and wrongous ground whereupon it proceeds."-King James to Lord Bacon , July 25, 1617. 2. Law : Not right; unjust; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment=false or illegal imprisonment. *wrong'-wise, *wrong-wis, a. [Formed as a converse of righteous =right wise; Sw. vrangvis = iniquitous.] Wrong, unjust, iniquitous. ( Old Eng . Homilies, i. 175.) wrote, pret. & pa. par. of v. [WRITE.] *wrote, v . t . ori. [A. S. wrótan to grub up, to root (q. v.).) Te root, dig, or grub up with the snout, as swine. "For right as a so we wroteth in every ordure, so wroteth she hire beautee in stinking ordure of sinnes."-Chaucer. Per sones Tale.