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wretch (rec̸h)

noun

  1. a miserable or unhappy person; person in deep distress or misfortune
  2. a person who is despised or scorned

Etymology: ME wrecche < OE wrecca, an outcast, lit., one driven out < wrecan, to drive out, punish: see wreak

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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