widdershins

== English == === Alternative forms === withershins (less common) widdersins, withersins, widishins (archaic) === Etymology === First use appears c. 1513, from Middle Low German weddersins (also wēder-, -sinnes), from wed(d)der- (“wither-, against, opposite”) + genitive of sin (“direction, way”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪ.də.ʃɪnz/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɪ.dɚ.ʃɪnz/ Hyphenation: wid‧der‧shins === Adverb === widdershins (not comparable) Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise. Antonyms: clockwise, sunwise, deiseal (now chiefly Scotland) The wrong way. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ====