wrongheadn.adj.

Forms: Also wrong-head.

Etymology: < wrong adj. + head n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwronghead.

A. n.

A perverse or wrong-headed person; one who displays perversity of judgement.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > one who misjudges

mistaker1551

misjudger1566

misdeemer1616

wronghead1729

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness > person

frowarda1529

haggard1576

pig-sconcea1640

wronghead1729

crooked stick1848

pig-head1874

thrawn stick1893

1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. Pref. p. v There really are such Wrongheads in the World, as will fancy Vices to be encouraged, when they see them expos'd.

1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved (1756) I. 168 The Family of the Wrong-Heads is..a very numerous one.

1753 tr. F. Génard School of Man 189 The part of..a wronghead acted to perfection.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 630 There is another point on which ‘the Wrongheads’ are equally mistaken.

1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 57 Obstinate wrongheads, who will take no counsel except from calamities.

B. adj.

= wrong-headed adj.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > perverse in judgement

warpedc1460

wrong-headed1732

wronghead1737

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

1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 10 This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhiming Race.

1850 C. J. Lever Roland Cashel liii Tiernay is in one of his wrong-head humours.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	wronghead
释义	wrongheadn.adj. Forms: Also wrong-head. Etymology: < wrong adj. + head n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈwronghead. A. n. A perverse or wrong-headed person; one who displays perversity of judgement. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > one who misjudges mistaker1551 misjudger1566 misdeemer1616 wronghead1729 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness > person frowarda1529 haggard1576 pig-sconcea1640 wronghead1729 crooked stick1848 pig-head1874 thrawn stick1893 1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. Pref. p. v There really are such Wrongheads in the World, as will fancy Vices to be encouraged, when they see them expos'd. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved (1756) I. 168 The Family of the Wrong-Heads is..a very numerous one. 1753 tr. F. Génard School of Man 189 The part of..a wronghead acted to perfection. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 630 There is another point on which ‘the Wrongheads’ are equally mistaken. 1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 57 Obstinate wrongheads, who will take no counsel except from calamities. B. adj. = wrong-headed adj. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > perverse in judgement warpedc1460 wrong-headed1732 wronghead1737 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 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 10 This jealous, waspish, wrong-head, rhiming Race. 1850 C. J. Lever Roland Cashel liii Tiernay is in one of his wrong-head humours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas wrong-head † wrong-head n. Obsolete = rung-head n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > floor timber(s) > end of rung-heada1625 wrong-head1633 1633 High Court of Admiralty Exam. 50 (MS.) 6 Nov. She was sheathed from her bende to the wrong head. extracted from wrongn.¹ < n.adj.1729 as lemmas
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wrongheadn.adj.

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