waywardness

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way·ward (w

rd)

adj.

1. Given to or marked by willful, often perverse deviation from what is desired, expected, or required in order to gratify one's own impulses or inclinations. See Synonyms at unruly.

2. Swayed or prompted by caprice; unpredictable.

[Middle English, short for awaiward, turned away, perverse : awai, away; see away + -ward, -ward.]

wayward·ly adv.

wayward·ness n.

Waywardness of haywards: a company of haywards—Bk. of St. Albans. 1486; of herdsmen—Lipton, 1970.

Translations

waywardness [ˈweɪwədnɪs] N (= wilfulness) → rebeldía f; (= capriciousness) → lo caprichoso

waywardness [ˈweɪwə^rdnɪs] n → entêtement m

waywardness

n (= stubbornness: of child, horse, disposition) → Eigenwilligkeit f, → Eigensinn m; (= capriciousness: of imagination, request, passion) → Abwegigkeit f; (liter, of stream, breeze) → Unberechenbarkeit f, → Launenhaftigkeit f (liter)

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