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thwart
English
Etymology
The adjective is derived from Early Middle English thwert, thwerte, thuart, thurt, thurte, thwart, thwarte, twart, twarte, twhart, twhert, twort, þuert, þwerrt, þwert, þwerte, ðwert (“crosswise, transverse; counter, opposing; contrary, obstinate”), borrowed from Old Norse þvert (“across, athwart”), originally the neuter form of þverr (“across, transverse”), from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (“cross; adverse”) (altered or influenced by Proto-Germanic *þweran? (“to stir; to swirl; to turn”)), from Proto-Germanic *þerh-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *terk?- (“to spin; to turn”).
The English adjective is cognate with Danish tvær (“sullen, sulky”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (þwairs, “angry”), Middle Dutch dwers, dwars (modern Dutch dwars (“crosswise, transverse; slantwise, askew; stubbornly disobedient”)), Norwegian tvert, tvært, Old Frisian þweres, dwers (Saterland Frisian twars, West Frisian dwers, dwerz (“across, to the other side of; beyond”)), Middle Low German dwers, dwars (Low German dwars (“contrary; cross-grained”)), Old English þweorh (“transverse; perverse; angry, cross”), Old High German twer (Middle High German twer, quer, modern German quer (“crosswise; cross”)), Swedish tvär (“across, transverse; of a curve: sharp; immediate, sudden; grumpy, stubborn”). It is related to queer.
The adverb is derived from Middle English thwert, ywerte (“crosswise; across the grain”); the Middle English Dictionary suggests the adverb was derived from the adjective, while the Oxford English Dictionary notes that the adverb is attested earlier than the adjective.
The verb is derived from Middle English thwerten, thwert, thwarten, þwerten (“to lie across; to oppose, to thwart”), and further from the adverb and perhaps also the adjective.
Noun sense 1 (“a seat across a boat on which a rower may sit”) may be derived from the adverb or adjective, from the position of the seat across the length of the boat, while noun sense 3 (“(rare) an act of thwarting”) is derived from the verb. Compare Middle English thwert (“in in thwert: crosswise”), from the adjective.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w??t/
- (General American) enPR: thwôrt, IPA(key): /?w?(?)?t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Adjective
thwart (comparative more thwart, superlative most thwart)
- Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
- (figuratively, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
- Synonyms: cross-grained, froward; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
- (figuratively, dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
- Synonyms: unpropitious, untoward; see also Thesaurus:unlucky
Derived terms
- athwart
- athwartship, athwartships
Related terms
- overthwart
- overthwartly
- overthwartness
Translations
Adverb
thwart (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
Translations
Preposition
thwart
- (archaic or poetic) Across, athwart.
Verb
thwart (third-person singular simple present thwarts, present participle thwarting, simple past and past participle thwarted)
- (transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
- Synonyms: balk, foil, spoil
- Antonym: promote
- (transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
- (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- thwarter
- thwartsome
Translations
Noun
thwart (plural thwarts)
- (nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
- Synonyms: thaught, thawt, (Britain, dialectal) thoft
- (nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
- (rare) An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
Translations
References
Further reading
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circumvent
English
Alternative forms
- circumvene
Etymology
Latin circum (“about”) + venire (“to come”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
circumvent (third-person singular simple present circumvents, present participle circumventing, simple past and past participle circumvented)
- (transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
- (transitive) to surround or besiege
- (transitive) to outwit or outsmart
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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