| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| widdershins |
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| SYLLABICATION: | wid·der·shins |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  w d  r-shnz |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or with·er·shins (wth-) |
| ADVERB: | In a contrary or counterclockwise direction: “The coracle whirled round, clockwise, then widdershins” (Anthony Bailey). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle Low German weddersinnes, from Middle High German widersinnes : wider, back (from Old High German widar; see wi- in Appendix I) + sinnes, in the direction of (from sin, direction, from Old High German; see sent- in Appendix I).
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