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wroth
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wroth  (rôth)
adj.
Wrathful; angry.

[Middle English, from Old English wrth; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]

wroth [rəʊθ rɒθ]
adj
Archaic or literary angry; irate
[Old English wrāth; related to Old Saxon wrēth, Old Norse reithr, Old High German reid curly haired]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.wroth - vehemently incensed and condemnatory; "they trembled before the wrathful queen"; "but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation"
angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"


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Four chapters treat Sidney's impact on the writers closest to him: his sister Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke; his brother Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester; his friend Sir Fulke Greville; and his niece Lady Mary Wroth.
William Davenport also owned a copy of Sir John Harington's translation of Orlando Furioso (1591), and a copy of Lady Mary Wroth's Urania (1621), both of which he annotated: see The First Part of the Countess of Montgomery's Urania by Lady Mary Wroth, ed.
Salzman next considers Lady Mary Wroth, pausing to examine two sonnets in depth.
 
 
 
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