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frowardnesses

frowardnesses is the plural of frowardness.

Meaning of frowardness

Noun

frowardness (usually uncountable, plural frowardnesses)

  1. (usually) 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...

Questions about frowardnesses

What is frowardnesses the plural of?
Frowardnesses is the plural of frowardness.

Words near frowardnesses in the dictionary

  1. frover
  2. frow
  3. froward
  4. frowardly
  5. frowardness
  6. frowardnesses
  7. frowards
  8. Frowenfeld
  9. frower
  10. frowers
  11. frowey

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