ATHWART

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-THWART)

MEANING: adverb, preposition: From side to side of; across; against.

ETYMOLOGY: From a- (on, into, toward) + thwart, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr (transverse). Earliest documented use: 1470.

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MATHWART - the super-nerd in Advanced Non-Euclidean Geometries class

OATHWART - two ingredients of magic and spells

ATHEART - where we're all children