Websters Dictionary 1828
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Wretchedness
WRETCHEDNESS, noun
1. Extreme misery or unhappiness, either from want or sorrow; as the wretchedness of poor mendicants.
We have, with the feeling, most the very memory of such wretchedness as our forefathers endured--
The prodigal brought nothing to his father but his rags and wretchedness
2. Meanness; despicableness; as the wretchedness of a performance.
First Occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Numbers 11:15