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WAYWARD

\wˈe͡ɪwəd], \wˈe‍ɪwəd], \w_ˈeɪ_w_ə_d]\

Definitions of WAYWARD

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Waywardness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Waywardness.
Froward: willful.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Waywardness.
Waywardly.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Wilful; froward; capricious.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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