overthwartness

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noun

The state of being overthwart; perverseness.

OriginMiddle English overþwartnes →
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Meanings

nounoverthwartness (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe state of being overthwart; perverseness.

    c. 1624-1648 (written) 1764 (first published), Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury my younger sister , indeed , might have been married to a far greater fortune , had not the overthwartness of some neighbours interrupted it

Origin

  1. Middle Englishoverþwartnes
  2. Englishoverthwartness

From Middle English overþwartnes, overthwartnes; equivalent to overthwart + -ness.

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Chicago

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