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contrarious - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective Archaic Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective archaic, of persons Tending to counter , oppose , resist, argue.adjective archaic Harmful, vexatious.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective
Etymologies
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From Middle English, from Old French contrarious , from Late Latin contrāriōsus.
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Examples
But before he could set to work there came more "contrarious " orders.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-86) John Lothrop Motley 1845
But before he could set to work there came more "contrarious " orders.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1586b John Lothrop Motley 1845
But before he could set to work there came more "contrarious " orders.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
But before he could set to work there came more "contrarious " orders.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
Note: any further contrarious commentary should be directed to Monsieur Espinasse.
Braise The Dog 2009
Note: any further contrarious commentary should be directed to Monsieur Espinasse.
Braise The Dog 2009
And there is a marveylouse custom in that contree, (but is profitable) that zif ony contrarious thing, that scholde ben preiudice or grevance to the Emperour, in ony kynde, anon the
The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004
And the puttynge of the litylle fynger in the ere, betokenethe, as thei seyn, that none of hem ne schalle not here speke no contrarious thing to the emperour, but that he schalle telle it anon to his conseille, or discovere it to sum men that wille make relacioun to the emperour; thoughe he were his fadre or brother or sone.
The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004
And there is a marvellous custom in that country (but it is profitable), that if any contrarious thing that should be prejudice or grievance to the emperor in any kind, anon the emperor hath tidings thereof and full knowledge in a day, though it be three or four journeys from him or more.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004
And therefore thei maken ymages lyche to tho thinges, that thei han beleeve inne, for to beholden hem and worschipen hem first at morwe, or thei meeten ony contrarious thinges.
The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004
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