widdershins
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From Middle Low German weddersins, weddersinnes, from Middle High German widersinnes, from wider- (“wither-”) + genitive of sin (“direction, way”).
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widdershins (not comparable)
- (obsolete) The wrong way.
- (dialectal) Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
- It is unlucky to walk widdershins around a church.
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anticlockwise, counter-clockwise
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