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fromward

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English

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Alternative forms

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frammard,fromard,frommard,frommart,frommet,frommud,vrammard,vrammerd(dialectal)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfromward,framward, fromOld Englishframweard(“about to depart, departing, doomed to die; with his back turned”,adjective) andframweardes(“away from”,adverb), equivalent tofrom +‎-ward. Comparefroward.

Adjective

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fromward (comparativemorefromward,superlativemostfromward)

Turned away;averse.
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country)Leaning orlisting away from;distant from; on theright-hand side; on the opposite side.

Usage notes

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Traditionally used inploughing (or similarly with harvest-field teams) in which the driver walks on the left-hand side; hence the right-hand side being linked with the off-hand or opposite side.