† wraywardadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Perverse, froward.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse
wharfedc1175
thwart-over?c1225
fromwardc1275
thwarta1325
wilgernc1325
contrariousa1340
froward1340
rebours1340
awaywarda1375
overthwartc1384
protervec1384
waywardc1384
arsewardc1386
wrawc1386
wrawfulc1386
crabbeda1400
ungraitha1400
wraweda1400
awklyc1400
perversec1425
awkc1440
perversiosec1475
crooked1508
wrayward1516
awkward1530
difficilec1533
peevish1539
protervous1547
overthwarting1552
untowardly1561
difficult1589
cross1594
cama1600
frowish1601
awkwardish1613
haggardly1635
pigheadeda1637
cross-grained1647
wry1649
crossfulc1680
thwarting1718
kim-kama1734
wronghead1737
piggish1742
witherly1790
top-thrawn1808
contrary1850
cussed1858
three-cornered1863
thwarteous1890
bloody-minded1935
society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant > and perverse
waywardc1384
contumaxc1386
contumacec1425
perversec1425
gainsaying1489
wrayward1516
untowards1525
untoward1526
wrabbed?1544
contumacious1603
1516 Promptorium Parvulorum (W. de W.) C iij Crabbyd or wraywarde, aceronicus, bilosus.
c1520 Dial. Creatures Mor. v. B ij b A wrayward man cawseth stryues.
c1520 Dial. Creatures Mor. xii. D ij b A sertayne lorde somtyme had a wraywarde seruant and iuylwyllyd.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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