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waywardness

noun
/ˈweɪ.wə(ɹ)d.nəs/

Etymology

From wayward + -ness.

  1. inherited from āweġ
  2. inherited from away
  3. suffixed as wayward — “away + ward”
  4. suffixed as waywardness — “wayward + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being wayward.

    • He made no offer of molestation or sociability, but kept aloof on one side of the road, jogging along on the blind side of old Gunpowder, who had now got over his fright and waywardness.
    • The merest waywardness in a robotic picker can tangle up the whole shed’s operations and delay thousands of deliveries.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA