overthwartness

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noun
  1. 1.

    (obsolete, uncountable)The state of being overthwart; perverseness.

    c. 1624-1648 (written) 1764 (first published), Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury my younger sister , indeed , might have been married to a far greater fortune , had not the overthwartness of some neighbours interrupted it

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From Middle English overþwartnes, overthwartnes; equivalent to overthwart + -ness.

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, wiktionary · cập nhật 15/8/2026

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