"wretchednesse" meaning in English

See wretchednesse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: wretchednesses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wretchednesse (countable and uncountable, plural wretchednesses)
  1. Obsolete spelling of wretchedness. Tags: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: wretchedness
    Sense id: en-wretchednesse-en-noun-LfYB9Bx~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wretchednesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "wretchednesse (countable and uncountable, plural wretchednesses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wretchedness"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1561, Geoffrey Chancer, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, The workes of Geffrey Chaucer, page 102",
          "text": "Of Cue firſt that foꝛ her wickedneſſe was all mankinde dug to wꝛetchedneſſe[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1615, Alexander Neville, Norfolkes Furies, or A View of Ketts Campe, page 27",
          "text": "And not contented with this, they abuſed the Kings name to ferue their villanie, and wretchedneſſe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 53",
          "text": "[…]and therefore ſeeke not to better their eſtate till God open their eyes, and giueth them the ſight and ſenſe of their pouertie and wretchedneſſe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of wretchedness."
      ],
      "id": "en-wretchednesse-en-noun-LfYB9Bx~",
      "links": [
        [
          "wretchedness",
          "wretchedness#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wretchednesse"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wretchednesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "wretchednesse (countable and uncountable, plural wretchednesses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wretchedness"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English obsolete forms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1561, Geoffrey Chancer, compiled by Jhon Lidgate, The workes of Geffrey Chaucer, page 102",
          "text": "Of Cue firſt that foꝛ her wickedneſſe was all mankinde dug to wꝛetchedneſſe[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1615, Alexander Neville, Norfolkes Furies, or A View of Ketts Campe, page 27",
          "text": "And not contented with this, they abuſed the Kings name to ferue their villanie, and wretchedneſſe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 53",
          "text": "[…]and therefore ſeeke not to better their eſtate till God open their eyes, and giueth them the ſight and ſenſe of their pouertie and wretchedneſſe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling of wretchedness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wretchedness",
          "wretchedness#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wretchednesse"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wretchednesse meaning in English (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.