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wretchOld English wrecca "wretch, stranger, exile," from Proto-Germanic *wrakjon "pursuer; one pursued" (source also of Old Saxon wrekkio, Old High German reckeo "a banished person, [..]
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wretch(n) someone you feel sorry for(n) performs some wicked deed
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wretch
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
* year=1742
|author=Henry Fielding
|title=Joseph Andrews
|chapter=12
|url=http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/f/fielding/henry/joseph_andrews/book1.12.html
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