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Webster 1913 Edition


Unright

Un-right′

,
Adj.
[AS.
unriht
. See
Un-
not, and
Right
.]
Not right; wrong.
[Obs.]
Gower.

Un-right′

,
Noun.
A wrong.
[Obs.]
Nor did I you never
unright
.
Chaucer.

Un-right′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
right
.]
To cause (something right) to become wrong.
[Obs.]
Gower.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unright

UNRIGHT

,
Adj.
Not right; wrong. Obs.

Definition 2024


unright

unright

English

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, from Old English unriht (wrong, unrighteous, wicked, false, unlawful), from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz (unright), equivalent to un- + right. Cognate with Scots unricht (unfair, unjust), Dutch onrecht (wrong), German unrecht (wrong), Swedish orätt (wrong).

Adjective

unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)

  1. Not right; unrighteous; unjust; wrong.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)

Etymology 4

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

Adverb

unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)

  1. (archaic or obsolete) Wrongly.