单词 | waywardness |
释义 | waywardnessn. 1. The quality of being wayward (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness frowardnessa1300 waywardnessc1384 wrawnessc1386 frowardship14.. perversity?a1425 frowardheadc1470 overthwartnessc1475 adversity1489 perversednessa1500 thrawnness1499 untowardnessa1525 protervitya1527 repugnancy1557 thrawardness1567 contrariousness1571 crookedness1576 thwartness1577 pervertness1581 peevishness1582 awkness1587 crabbedness1598 untowardliness1598 crossness1600 difficileness1612 contrariness1642 perverseness1644 cross-grainedness1652 wrong-headedness1740 pigheadedness1801 cussedness1852 orneriness1880 bloody-mindedness1910 difficultness1934 society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance > perverse riot?c1225 contumacec1230 waywardnessc1384 contumacyc1386 sturdinessa1400 stoutnessc1400 contumation1618 gainsayingness1648 contumaciousness1654 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. i. 29 Fulfillid with al wickidnesse,..couetyse, weywardnesse [L. nequitia]. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 271 See þe waiwardnesse & cursednesse of þes deuelis ypocrisie & sheld of synne. 1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 36 (MED) What yvell wyll, waywardnys, and unkyndnesse was assigned..ye knowe right well. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 152 Wretched were that persone that for eny waywardenes of harte wolde be vnreconcyled..at that tyme. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. vi. sig. L.iij/2 Our faulte and not the waywardnesse of God [L. non Dei morositatem] is the cause. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 283 The..vnruly waywardnes, that infirme and cholericke yeares bring with them. View more context for this quotation 1676 M. Hale Medit. Lord's Prayer 116 in Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. Therefore in great condescension to the waywardness of our Natures, he is often pleased to keep the Treasury of outward Blessings in his own hands [etc.]. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 206 In a style of waywardness so prettily put on, and managed, as to render it..ten times more poignant. 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. xiv. 528 The barbarous waywardness that could deprive me..of the exquisite felicity of my lot! 1828 C. Lamb Poor Relations in Elia 2nd Ser. 153 The waywardness of his fate broke out against him with a second and worse malignity. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 73 He, who lets His heart be stirr'd with any foolish heat At any gentle damsel's waywardness. 1919 19th Century May 897 Parliament..has rallied the people from the waywardness of rebellion. 1975 R. Davies World of Wonders i. viii. 150 To talk about evil as if it were just waywardness or naughtiness is very stupid and trivial. 2006 New Yorker 12 June 154/3 People chastise singers for waywardness of pitch. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > warden > having charge of fences or enclosures > proper term for attributes waywardnessa1450 a1450 Terms Assoc. in PMLA (1936) 51 604 (MED) A waywardenes of haywardes. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. fvij A waywardnes of haywardis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1384 |
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