Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wayward"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
My wife is in a wayward mood. --Shak.
Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. --Fairfax.
Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought? --Keble.
-- {Way"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Way"ward*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wayward
adj : resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper";
"a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: {contrary},
{obstinate}, {perverse}]
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