medial vs wretched

medial

adj
  • Of or pertaining to a mean or average. 

  • Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it. 

  • Pertaining to the inside; closer to the median plane of the body or the midline of an organ. 

  • (of a speech sound) In the middle of a word. 

  • Closer to the addressee. 

  • Pertaining to the middle layer of a blood vessel, to its tunica media. 

  • (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue. 

noun
  • One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word. 

  • Any of various things that occur in the middle. 

wretched

adj
  • Of an insignificant, mean, or poor nature; miserable, paltry, worthless. 

  • Of a person, etc.: behaving in a manner deserving contempt; base, despicable, wicked. 

  • Of weather: causing much discomfort; very unpleasant; miserable. 

  • Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable. 

  • Of an inferior or unworthy nature or social status; contemptible, lowly. 

  • Used to express annoyance towards or dislike of someone or something: bloody, damned. 

How often have the words medial and wretched occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )