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Widdershins

//ˈwɪ.dɚ.ʃɪnz// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise. not-comparable

    "It is unlucky to walk widdershins around a church."

  2. 2
    The wrong way. not-comparable, obsolete

Etymology

First use appears c. 1513, from Middle Low German weddersins (also wēder-, -sinnes), from wed(d)der- (“wither-, against, opposite”) + genitive of sin (“direction, way”).

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