WRAWFUL ADJ. peevish, crabbed, ill-tempered; perverse, contrarious ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY of unknown origin; the forms indicate an unrecorded Old English wráh, wrág FIRST DOCUMENTED USE c1386 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Aftyr the synne of Envye and Ire; now wole I speke of thee synne of Accidie. For Enuye blyndeth the herte of a man & Ire trobleth a man. And Accidie maketh hym heuy thoughtfull & wrawe [v.rr. wrowe, Ellesmere MS. wrawful]..." From: The Parson's Tale - Geoffrey Chaucer
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