[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wayward \way"ward\, a. oe. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned
   away. see away, and -ward.
   taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse;
   willful.
   1913 webster

         my wife is in a wayward mood.            --shak.
   1913 webster

         wayward beauty doth not fancy move.      --fairfax.
   1913 webster

         wilt thou forgive the wayward thought?   --keble.
   1913 webster -- way"wardly, adv. -- way"wardness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
away -ward way"wardly way"wardness 

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