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fro⋅ward
[froh-werd, froh-erd] 
wərd
–adjective
| willfully contrary; not easily managed: to be worried about one's froward, intractable child. |
Fro⋅ward
[froh-werd, froh-erd] –noun
| Cape, a cape in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: southernmost point of mainland South America. |
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| fro·ward (frō'wərd, -ərd) adj. Stubbornly contrary and disobedient; obstinate. fro'ward·ly adv., fro'ward·ness n. |
| Fro·ward (frō'wərd, -ərd) The southernmost point of mainland South America, in southern Chile on the Strait of Magellan. |
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Froward
Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See Fro, and cf. Fromward.] Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child. A froward man soweth strife. --Prov. xvi. 28. A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. --Bacon. Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory; obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See Perverse. -- Fro"ward*ly, adv. -- Fro"ward*ness, n.
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froward
O.E. fromweard "turned from or away," from from + -weard. Opposite of toward, it renders L. pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and also meant "about to depart, departing," and "doomed to die."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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