Definitions

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  • verb obsolete Anger; enrage.
  • adjective Wrathful; incensed; enraged; irate.
  • noun wrath
  • noun Islam Those parts of one’s body which must be covered for decency — the area from the navel to the knee for a man, the entire body apart from the hands and the face for a woman.

Etymologies

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From the Old English ġewrāþian; equivalent to the English a- +‎ wrath.

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From the Arabic عورة (ʕáwrah, "imperfection”, “nakedness"), from عور (ʕáwira, "to lose an eye").

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