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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.
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