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Froward

//ˈfɹoʊ.ɚd// adj, prep

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition. archaic, literary

    "The wayes of the frowarde are ſtraunge, but yͤ workes of him yͭ is cleane, are right."

Adjective
  1. 1
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition wordnet
Preposition
  1. 1
    Away from. obsolete

    "Whan Sir Galahad herde hir sey so, he was adrad to be knowyn; and therewith he smote hys horse with his sporys and rode a grete pace froward them."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English froward, fraward, equivalent to fro + -ward. Compare Old English fromweard, framweard (“turned away, having the back turned”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English froward, fraward, equivalent to fro + -ward. Compare Old English fromweard, framweard (“turned away, having the back turned”).

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