English Explanatory Dictionary

widdershins

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Anticlockwise, counter-clockwise.
  2. The wrong way.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪ.də.ʃɪnz/ /ˈwɪ.dɚ.ʃɪnz/ en-us-widdershins.ogg

Word forms

widdershins withershins widdersins withersins widishins

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”).

Antonyms

clockwise sunwise deiseal

Related words

deosil sinistral
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