thwart

English

/θwɔːt/, /θwɔ(ə)ɹt/

adj
Definitions
  • Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
  • (figuratively) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
  • (figuratively) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English thwert (in in thwert crosswise) borrowed from Old Norse þvert (athwart, across) derived from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (cross, adverse, contrary, against), *þweraną (stir, swirl, turn), *þerh- derived from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind) inherited from Middle English thwert (in in thwert crosswise), thwerten root from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*terkʷ-

Gloss

turn, twist, spin, wind

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

風

Emoji
🙃

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