froward

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English fro (“‘away (as in to and fro)’”) +‎ -ward.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfrəʊ.əd/
• (US) IPA: /ˈfroʊ.ɚd/
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[edit] Adjective

froward (comparative more froward, superlative most froward)

1. Disobedient, unmanageable; with an evil disposition.
   • 1592, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew

     Her only fault,--and that is faults enough,-- / Is, that she is intolerable curst / And shrewd and froward, so beyond all measure, / That, were my state far worser than it is, / I would not wed her for a mine of gold.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adforrw
• forward