thrawart

American  

[thrah-wert] / ˈθrɑ wərt /

Also thraward

adjective

Scot.

1. obstinate or intractable.

2. twisted or crooked.

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Etymology

Origin of thrawart

1425–75; late Middle English (Scots), alteration of fraward, froward, perhaps under influence of thraw, thrawn

Example Sentences

Ah! sir, the witch ca'd Mause, That wins aboon the mill amang the haws, First promis'd that she'd help me with her art, To gain a bonny thrawart lassie's heart.

From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist

One evening David came home to dinner in a mood which Jenny characterized as "thrawart."

From Scottish sketches by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Ye was aye to yer faither a thrawart bairn,   But, my lady, here stan's the king!

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George

Then aunt, wha spun, laid down her roke, An' thus repliet to Mary: Unequal matches in a yoke Draw thrawart and camstrarie.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

A thrawn question should hae a thrawart answer.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander