overthwartness

Etymology
From, ; equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  The state of being overthwart; perverseness.
 * 2) * c. 1624-1648 (written) 1764 (first published),, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury
 * my younger sister, indeed , might have been married to a far greater fortune , had not the overthwartness of some neighbours interrupted it