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widdersins

widdersins is the alternative form of widdershins.

Meaning of widdershins

Adverb

widdershins (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, now chiefly fantasy or witchcraft) Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
    • It is unlucky to walk widdershins around a church.
  2. (Scotland) The wrong way.

Questions about widdersins

What is widdersins the alternative form of?
Widdersins is the alternative form of widdershins.

Words near widdersins in the dictionary

  1. widder
  2. widderer
  3. widderers
  4. widders
  5. widdershins
  6. widdersins
  7. Widdicombe
  8. Widdicombes
  9. widdies
  10. Widdison
  11. Widdisons

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