waywardness


way·ward

W0066200 (wā′wərd)adj.1. Deviating from what is desired, expected, or required, especially in being disobedient or in gratifying one's own inclinations: "a teacher taking pains with a wayward but promising child" (George Orwell).2. Difficult or impossible to manage, control, or keep in order: a wayward strand of hair.3. Going somewhere not intended or desired: a wayward golf shot; a wayward courier.4. Following no clear pattern; unpredictable: "events that were often thought to be wayward, capricious, and inexplicable" (Marq de Villiers).
[Middle English, short for awaiward, turned away, perverse : awai, away; see away + -ward, -ward.]
way′ward·ly adv.way′ward·ness n.

Waywardness

 of haywards: a company of haywards—Bk. of St. Albans. 1486; of herdsmen—Lipton, 1970.
Translations
capricciosit...cocciutaggine