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Word: Widdershins
Speech Type: Adverb
Etymology:
early 16th century: from Middle Low German weddersins, from Middle High German widersinnes, from wider ‘against’ + sin ‘direction’; the second element was associated with Scots sin ‘sun’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈwɪdəʃɪnz
Definition:
in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; anticlockwise
Short Definition:in direction contrary to sun's course
Examples:- she danced widdershins around him
Variant Forms:
- withershins
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