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Word: Wretch
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English wrecca (also in the sense ‘banished person’), of West Germanic origin; related to German Recke ‘warrior, hero’, also to the verb wreak
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rɛtʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an unfortunate or unhappy person
Short Definition:unfortunate or unhappy person
Examples:- can the poor wretch's corpse tell us anything?
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