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Frowardness

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being froward. uncountable, usually

    "[S]ome turne agayne by grace frõ their deadly hereſies into yͤ life of faith, ⁊ ſome be ſo ſore nowſeled in the falſe hereſies, ⁊ in their obſtinate frowardneſſe take ſuch a deueliſhe delight, yͭ finally thei die therin as did Baifield, Bainã, ⁊ Tewkeſbury."

Etymology

From Middle English frowardnesse; equivalent to froward + -ness.

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