frowardness
frowardness noun: the quality of being froward.
Noun
frowardness (usually uncountable, plural frowardnesses)
- The quality of being froward.
- [S]ome turne agayne by grace frõ their deadly hereſies into yͤ life of faith, ⁊ ſome be ſo ſore nowſeled in the falſe hereſies, ⁊ in their obſtinate frowardneſſe take ſuch a deueliſhe delight, yͭ finally thei die therin as did Baifield, Bainã, ⁊ Tewkeſbury.1532, Thomas More, “The Confutacion of [William] Tyndale’s Aunswere […]. The Maner and Order of Our Eleccion.”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More...
- [W]hereas Christian theology has always considered frowardness to be the essential vice of this part of human nature, the mind-curers say that the mark of the beast in it is fear; and this is what gives such an entirely new religious turn to their persuasion.1902, William James, “Lectures IV and V: The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co....
Forms of frowardness
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Origin of frowardness
From Middle English frowardnesse; equivalent to froward + -ness.
Questions about frowardness
- What does frowardness mean?
- Frowardness means the quality of being froward.
- What part of speech is frowardness?
- Frowardness is a noun.
- What is the plural of frowardness?
- The plural of frowardness is frowardnesses.
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