froward

形容词 adj. 介词 prep.
/ˈfɹəʊ.(w)əd/    /ˈfɹoʊ.ɚd/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Disobedient, contrary, unmanageable; difficult to deal with; with an evil disposition. archaic,literary
    — The wayes of the frowarde are ſtraunge, but yͤ workes of him yͭ is cleane, are right.
介词 prep.
  1. Away from. obsolete
    — Whan Sir Galahad herde hir sey so, he was adrad to be knowyn; and therewith he smote hys horse with his sporys and rode a grete pace froward them.

词形变化

more froward comparative most froward superlative frowards alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English froward, fraward, equivalent to fro + -ward. Compare Old English fromweard, framweard (“turned away, having the back turned”).
词源 2
From Middle English froward, fraward, equivalent to fro + -ward. Compare Old English fromweard, framweard (“turned away, having the back turned”).
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