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wreakful, a. (ˈriːkfʊl) Also 6 wreke-, 6–7 wreakeful(l. [f. wreak n. + -ful. Cf. wrackful, wrakeful, wrecheful adjs. Freq. from c 1560 to c 1610. Now rare or Obs.] 1. Of persons, etc.: Given or addicted to revenge; vengeful.1531 Tindale Wks. (1572) 24/2 They also fayne y⊇ saintes..more wreakeful, an...
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wrakeful
ˈwrakeful, a. Obs. [f. wrake n.1 + -ful. Cf. wrackful a.1, wreakful a.] 1. Vengeful; = wrackful a.1a 1225 [implied in wrakefully]. c 1480 Henryson Test. Cres. 329 Ane wraikfull sentence geuin on fair Cresseid. 2. Of persons: Revengeful, vindictive.a 1300 E.E. Psalter xvii. 51 (E.), Leser min be niht...
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wreckful
▪ I. wreckful, a.1 (ˈrɛkfʊl) [f. wreck n.1 + -ful.] Causing shipwreck, ruin, or disaster; dangerous, destructive.1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. viii. 36 Straungers..which on their border Were brought..by wreckfull wynde. 1810 Scott Lady of L. v. i, The wreckful storms that cloud the brow of War. 1848 J. C. M...
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Themes in Titus Andronicus
She then introduces herself as
I am Revenge, sent from th’infernal kingdom
To ease the gnawing vulture of thy mind
By working wreakful vengeance on thy
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wrecheful
† ˈwrecheful, a. Obs. Also 3–4 wrech-; 4 wrac(c)h-, 5 wreechful. [f. wreche n. + -ful. Cf. wreakful a.] Vengeful; revengeful.c 1290 St. Edmund 333 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 309 God..nis nouȝt so wrechful ase men weneth. 1387 Trevisa Higden I. 377 Seyntes and halowes of þis lond beeþ more wrecheful þan seyn...
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wreak
▪ I. wreak, n. Now arch. or Obs. (riːk) Forms: 4–7 wreke (4, 6 wrek), 6–7 wreake, 6– wreak. [In early Northern texts a normal variant of wreche n.; in later use prob. substituted for this, or for wrake n., under the influence of the verb.] 1. Pain or punishment inflicted in return for an injury, wro...
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