Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frowardness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: froward-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being froward.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[S]ome turne agayne by grace frõ their deadly hereſies into yͤ life of faith, ⁊ ſome be ſo ſore nowſeled in the falſe hereſies, ⁊ in their obſtinate frowardneſſe take ſuch a deueliſhe delight, yͭ finally thei die therin as did Baifield, Bainã, ⁊ Tewkeſbury."
"[W]hereas Christian theology has always considered frowardness to be the essential vice of this part of human nature, the mind-curers say that the mark of the beast in it is fear; and this is what gives such an entirely new religious turn to their persuasion."

Etymology

From Middle English frowardnesse; equivalent to froward + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: frowardnesse
Suffix: froward

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

frowardnesses (plural)

Questions

What does frowardness mean?: The quality of being froward.
Where does frowardness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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