WORD OF THE DAY: WRAWFUL

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