An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bösewicht

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bösewicht
Friedrich Kluge2505936An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bösewicht1891John Francis Davis

Bösewicht, m., ‘villain, scamp,’ from MidHG. bœsewiht, OHG. bôsiwiht. See Wicht.