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† overˈthwartness Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or character of being ‘overthwart’; perversity, frowardness; contrariness.
c1400Apol. Loll. 107 Wat ouerþwartnes is þis to wil not obey to þe lesson? 1533St. Papers Hen. VIII, II. 170 A perpetuall discourage to others, that doo use overthwartnes and contrariositie. c1643Ld. Herbert Life (1886) 81 My younger sister, indeed, might have been married to a far greater fortune, had not the overthwartness of some neighbours interrupted it. |