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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OE.

weiward

, for

aweiward

, i. e., turned away. See

, and

Taking one’s own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.

My wife is in a

wayward

mood.

Shakespeare

Wayward

beauty doth not fancy move.

Fairfax.

Wilt thou forgive the

wayward

thought?

Keble.

–

Way′ward-ly

adv.

–

Way′ward-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[way and ward.] Froward; peevish; perverse; liking his own way.

Wayward beauty doth not fancy move.