wargus
wargus · wargi
An outlaw, outcast, or exileAn outlaw, outcast, or exile; one driven out of society for their crimes.
/ˈwɔː(ɹ)ɡəs/
Meaning
1 senses(historical)An outlaw, outcast, or exile; one driven out of society for their crimes.
Origin
From Anglo-Latin wargus, from wearg, wearh (“outlaw, criminal”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom Anglo-Latin wargus, from wearg, wearh (“outlaw, criminal”), from Proto-West Germanic *warg, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal, wolfish individual”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).
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Forms
plural: wargiWord family
1 related wordsRelatedwarry
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.