ywroken

English

Etymology

From Old English ġeƿrecan, ġewrecan.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹəʊkən/

Verb

ywroken

(obsolete) past participle of wreak

Adjective

ywroken (comparative more ywroken, superlative most ywroken)

(archaic) Avenged.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  The Prince […] Pursu'd him streight; in mynd to bene ywroken / Of all the vile demeane and usage bad […].

Anagrams

New York, New-York, wonkery

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