单词 | awayward |
释义 | † awaywardadv.adj. Obsolete. A. adv. 1. Expressing partial revolution or rotation: so as to face in another direction or be directed elsewhere; aside; = away adv. 4a. Also: in a position resulting from this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > (turned) round or about > (turned) away awaywarda1225 awaywardsc1275 a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 47 Ac me þincþ ðat tu lokest aweiward, and heuiliche latst. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4642 Þat water passi þai no durstin, Þan owayward turn þai mostin. c1380 in Speculum (1946) 21 196 (MED) Summe notes arn shorte..Somme kroken aweyward als a fleshoke. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 25 Ȝif þe face is a weyward from þe water. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 158 This Phebus gan aweyward for to wryen. 1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. G.iiiiv The Archebishoppe..turned hym away warde hyther and thyther. 1586 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 418 Holding his face away-ward. a1732 T. Boston Christian Life Delineated (1775) 88 She is but a traveller through [the wilderness].., and her head is awayward from it. 1918 Amer. Eccl. Rev. Jan. 86 There has been no more potent influence awayward from God..than that of Dr. William James. 2. Expressing motion or direction from a place: to a distance; so as to be absent; = away adv. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb] awayeOE awaywardc1225 awaywardsc1275 froa1400 frowardc1426 froma1450 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 26 Ich habbe..felde hu his fule stench strac & sturede aweiwart. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11562 Far þe awæiward [c1300 Otho a-weiward]. c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) l. 493 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 254 He ȝeode euere forth, ase it were a-weiward þat child to lede. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 959 Faste a-wayward gunne þay flen. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 239 It wole drawe more þe mater toward þe place þan aweyward. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 327 Sir Bewmaynes rode awaywarde frome the castell. c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 78 Our life walketh awai ward, while our death draweth toward. 1665 A. Griffin Astrol. Judgem. Theft 71 Where the Beast are... On the left hand of the querent northward going awayward. B. adj. 1. Transitory, passing. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > moving past awaywardc1350 passinga1398 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 2 We beþ al awey-ward, Þat scholde her byleue. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cii. 15 The gaste..sall pass out of him. for fra he be borne it is ay awaywarde. 2. Of a person: perverse, self-willed; (of a wind) contrary, unfavourable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse wharfedc1175 thwart-over?c1225 fromwardc1275 thwarta1325 wilgernc1325 contrariousa1340 froward1340 rebours1340 awaywarda1375 overthwartc1384 protervec1384 waywardc1384 arsewardc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 ungraitha1400 wraweda1400 awklyc1400 perversec1425 awkc1440 perversiosec1475 crooked1508 wrayward1516 awkward1530 difficilec1533 peevish1539 protervous1547 overthwarting1552 untowardly1561 difficult1589 cross1594 cama1600 frowish1601 awkwardish1613 haggardly1635 pigheadeda1637 cross-grained1647 wry1649 crossfulc1680 thwarting1718 kim-kama1734 wronghead1737 piggish1742 witherly1790 top-thrawn1808 contrary1850 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 thwarteous1890 bloody-minded1935 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > unfavourable or contrary contraryc1384 reversea1393 awaywarda1500 contrariousa1513 foul1657 contradictious1766 unfavourable1788 unfair1801 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3985 It is a botless bale..t[o] willne after a wif þat is a waywarde euere. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 67 In this tyme was the weddyr so stronge, and the wynd so aweyward, that in al the wyntyr ne myght no shipp come ouer Into Irland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.adj.a1225 |
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