Where does overthwartness come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

overthwartness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete; Uncountable

"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"

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

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