athwart

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English athwert, athirt, from a- (prefix meaning ‘in the direction of, toward’) + thwert (“crosswise; (cooking) across the grain”, adverb). Thwert is derived from thwert (“crosswise, transverse; counter, opposing; contrary, obstinate, stubborn”, adjective), 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 *þweraną (“to stir; to swirl; to turn”)), from Proto-Germanic *þerh-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to spin; to turn”). The English word is analysable as a- (prefix meaning ‘in the direction of, toward’) +‎ thwart (“placed or situated across something else”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈθwɔːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈθwɔɹt/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t === Adverb === athwart (comparative more athwart, superlative most athwart) (nautical) From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over. Synonyms: (obsolete) overthwart, transversely Across the path of something, so as to impede progress. (figuratively) Against the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly. Synonyms: awry, crosswise ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Preposition === athwart From one side to the other side of; across. Synonym: (obsolete) overthwart Across the course or path of, so as to meet; hence (figuratively), to the attention of. Across the course or path of, so as to oppose. (figuratively) Across; through. Opposed to. (nautical) Across the line of a ship's course, or across its deck. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===