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Wrong in Webster's 1913 dictionary

The 1913 record labels wrong as noun. Its source-bounded etymology and selected historical definition appear below.

WEBSTER 1913noun
Wrong

[AS. wrang. See Wrong, a.]

Cross-verified historical sense
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Cross-verified 1913 record
Headwordwrong
Part of speechnoun
Historical etymology[AS. wrang. See Wrong, a.]
Selected historical definitionThat which is not right.
Signed record IDwebster1913-wrong-noun-04cf203aeaf4
Source locatorCIDE.W, paragraph 6617; Gutenberg eBook 669
Edition-scoped answerNot earliest-attestation proofNot modern consensus
Independent historical textProject Gutenberg section 669Signed structural record sourceGNU GCIDE 0.54 archive
Quick answer

In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "wrong" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[AS. wrang. See Wrong, a.]" The selected historical definition says: "That which is not right."

Project Gutenberg Webster 1913 plus signed GNU GCIDE 0.54 Exact cross-verified historical record reviewed 2026-09-05

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