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waywardness

waywardness


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wayward  \Way"ward\,  a.  [OE.  weiward  for  aweiward  i.  e.,  turned 
  away  See  {Away},  and  {-ward}.] 
  Taking  one's  own  way  disobedient;  froward;  perverse; 
  willful. 
 
  My  wife  is  in  a  wayward  mood.  --Shak. 
 
  Wayward  beauty  doth  not  fancy  move  --Fairfax. 
 
  Wilt  thou  forgive  the  wayward  thought?  --Keble. 
  --  {Way"ward*ly},  adv  --  {Way"ward*ness},  n.