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widershins

widershins 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 widershins

What is widershins the alternative form of?
Widershins is the alternative form of widdershins.

Words near widershins in the dictionary

  1. wideouts
  2. wider
  3. wider open
  4. wider-spread
  5. widereaching
  6. widershins
  7. widerspread
  8. wides
  9. widescale
  10. widescreen
  11. widescreens

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