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witherward

adj
/ˈwɪðə(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/

Etymology

From Middle English witherward, from Old English wiþerweard (“contrary, adverse, hostile”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþraward, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrawardaz (“contrary, adverse, in opposition”); equivalent to wither (“against”) + -ward. Cognate with Old High German widarwart (“witherward”), German widerwärtig (“adverse, repulsive”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (wiþrawairþs, “witherward”).

  1. inherited from *wiþrawardaz✻ — “contrary, adverse, in opposition”
  2. inherited from *wiþraward✻
  3. inherited from wiþerweard — “contrary, adverse, hostile”
  4. inherited from witherward

Definitions

  1. Adverse, contrary.

    • Such a witherward and rotten friend she was.

  2. Opposite, opposing

    Opposite, opposing; hostile.

    • at the witherward side of the year

  3. Contrary to, against.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Opposite

      Opposite; adversity, opposition; hostility

      • Nor, although be sung the "mighty stream of tendency" of this wondrous age, did he ever launch his poetic craft upon it, nor seem to see the witherward of its swift and awful stress.
      • They were those of the song he had sung when he arrived years before at the Three Mariners, a poor young man, adventuring for life and fortune, and scarcely knowing witherward: [...]

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