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adj
Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Away from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English froward, fraward, equivalent to fro + -ward. Compare Old English fromweard, framweard (“turned away, having the back turned”).
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
