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Meaning of overthwartness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The state of being overthwart; perverseness.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“c. 1624-1648 (written) 1764 (first published), Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury my younger sister , indeed , might have been married to a far greater fortune , had not the overthwartness of some neighbours interrupted it”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

overtightness overtilde overtillage overtilting Overtime overtime ban