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Webster 1913 Edition
Wretchful
Wretch′ful
,Adj.
Wretched.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
Definition 2024
wretchful
wretchful
English
Adjective
wretchful (comparative more wretchful, superlative most wretchful)
- (archaic) wretched
- 2012, Rudolph Altrocchi, PhD; Edited by Paul and John Altrocchi, The Playful Spirit: Italian Humor - Page 130:
- The wretch had the pernicious habit of writing in Milanese dialect. He was doubly wretchful when he took the liberty of giving birth to parodies of the Divine Comedy.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
- 2012, Rudolph Altrocchi, PhD; Edited by Paul and John Altrocchi, The Playful Spirit: Italian Humor - Page 130: