thrawn
adjective
thrawnness
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a word derived from
thrawn.
Example Sentences
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Dod! he would make a grand Covenanter for the cursed thrawnness o’ him.”
From Graham of Claverhouse by Ian Maclaren
Again, the saint's mother is represented as a strong personality, with a decided strain of "thrawnness" in her composition; while the saint himself is shown to us as distinguished by a beautiful unselfishness.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by R.A. Stewart MacAlister
