wrothy, a.
(ˈrəʊθɪ, ˈrɒθɪ)
[f. wroth a. + -y1. Cf. MDu. wrêdich (Du. wreedig) cruel.]
Wrathful, angry.
In 19th c., revived under the influence of wrathy a.
| 1422 Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 157 Mowrnynge and wrothi thow shalte reme. Ibid. 229 Tho men..bene wrothy and hugely angry. 14.. Wheatley MS. (1921) 28 In my flesche ther is no hele In presence of thi worthi [? read wrothi] face [L. a facie ire tue]. 1839 Lever H. Lorrequer v, A more wrothy gentleman..it having rarely been my evil fortune to forgather with. 1869 Trollope Vicar of Bullhampton xvii, Gilmore..was waxing wrothy. 1902 Rodkinson Talmud VIII. p. xiii, Ezra was wrothy that the Torah should be given through him. |
Hence ˈwrothily adv.; ˈwrothiness.
| 1422 Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 227 A grete fleshy shorte neke tokenyth wrothynesse like as a bull is. 1898 N. Munro J. Splendid xxv. 257 [He] would ruffle up wrothily with blame for my harping on that incident. |