Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wrongous \Wron"gous\, a. [Cf. OE. wrongwis. See {Wrong}, and cf.
   {Righteous}.]
   1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust;
      wrongful. [R.]

   2. (Scots Law) Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment.
      --Craig.