English
frowardness
Frowardness comes from Middle English frowardnesse.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frowardnesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1532frowardness
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500frowardnesse
- Englishearliest quotation 1532frowardness
Earliest quotation: 1532, Thomas More, William Rastell]: “[S]ome turne agayne by grace frõ their deadly hereſies…”
Every English word from Middle English frowardnesse
Today it means
noun The quality of being froward.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English frowardnesse / frowardness