froward
adj/ˈfɹəʊ.(w)əd/UK/ˈfɹoʊ.ɚd/US
Etymology
From Middle English froward, fraward, equivalent to fro + -ward. Compare Old English fromweard, framweard (“turned away, having the back turned”).
- inherited from froward
Definitions
Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable
Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.
- The wayes of the frowarde are ſtraunge, but yͤ workes of him yͭ is cleane, are right.
- Her onely fault, and that is faults enough, Is, that ſhe is intollerable curſt, And ſhrow’d, and froward, ſo beyond all meaſure, That were my ſtate farre worſer then it is, I would not wed her for a mine of Gold.
Away from.
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for froward. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA