fromwardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English fromward, framward, from 古期英語 framweard (“about to depart, departing, doomed to die; with his back turned”, adjective) and framweardes (“away from”, adverb), equivalent to from +‎ -ward. Compare froward.

形容詞

fromward (comparative more fromward, superlative most fromward)

1. Turned away; averse.
2. (now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Leaning or listing away from; distant from; on the right-hand side; on the opposite side.

使用する際の注意点

Traditionally used in ploughing (または 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.

副詞

fromward (comparative more fromward, superlative most fromward)

1. (now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Forth; forward.

名詞

fromward (複数形 fromwards)

1. (now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.

同意語

• frower, froe, frow

前置詞

fromward

1. (now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) From; away from.

同意語

• fromwards

反意語

• toward

派生語

• frommarding