thraward

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• ask a silly question and you get a silly answer — With allusion to PROVERBS xxvi. 5 (AV) Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. c 1300 South English Legendary (EETS) 494 Ffor sothe thou axest as a fol, and swich ansuere me schul the yive. 1484 CAXTON Aesop… …   Proverbs new dictionary

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• thrawart — /thrah weuhrt/, adj. Scot. 1. obstinate or intractable. 2. twisted or crooked. Also, thraward /thrah weuhrd/. [1425 75; late ME (Scots), alter. of fraward, froward, perh. under influence of THRAW, THRAWN] * * * …   Universalium