froward

«froward» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: stubborn — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

stubborn

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

stubborn, awkward, and refusing to do what is right or wanted. tree →

how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say stubborn or naughty.

examples

• And He said: 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. (Torah DEU.32.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• "Enough! woman," he cried at last; "put a check upon thy froward tongue! (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) tree →

primary record

stubborn

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 2 (Torah 1, tales 1, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
• Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
• A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;
• The mouth of the righteous buddeth with wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut off.
• A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «froward» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.