Overthwartness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Overthwartness is a noun meaning (obsolete) The state of being overthwart; perverseness.
Meaning
(obsolete) The state of being overthwart; perverseness.
Example Sentences
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
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thwartness, thwartedness, obstreperosity, perverseness, obstreperousness, overhastiness.
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