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单词 waywardness
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waywardnessn.

Brit. /ˈweɪwədnəs/, U.S. /ˈweɪwərdnəs/
Forms: see wayward adj. and n. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wayward adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < wayward adj. + -ness suffix. In sense 2 perhaps on account the rhyme of hayward n. with wayward adj.
1. The quality of being wayward (in various senses).
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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.
2. A company of haywards (hayward n.). Obsolete.One of many alleged group names found in late Middle English glossarial sources, but not otherwise substantiated.
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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).
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