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wretch

UK/ɹɛt͡ʃ/ US/ˈrɛtʃ/ fairly common

noun

1.

performs some wicked deed

2.

someone you feel sorry for

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Origin

From Middle English wrecche, from Old English wreċċa (“exile, outcast”), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, fugitive, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track, follow”). Doublet of garçon.

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