Widdershins: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Widdershins adverb. Anticlockwise, or against the sun's course, a direction once thought unlucky.
How to say it
WID-ur-shinz/ˈwɪdəʃɪnz/
3 syllables, stressed on the first (WID).
Widdershins in a sentence
Walk widdershins round the church three times, the legend says, and you'll meet the devil.
The toddler insisted on stirring the cake mix widdershins.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- anticlockwise
- counterclockwise
Opposite:
- clockwise
- deasil
Where widdershins comes from
From Middle Low German weddersinnes, against the way.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
The toddler insisted on stirring the cake mix _____.
- yonder
- widdershins
- fain
Show the answer
widdershins: The toddler insisted on stirring the cake mix widdershins.