Athwart - a podcast by Word of the Day
from 2021-02-20T10:00
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Athwart is an adverb that means in opposition to or across from.
The word thwart, which is from Middle English descent, is a verb that means ‘to prevent someone from doing something.’ By adding the prefix A, we get a preposition or adverb that describes the position of someone or something.
For example: After softball practice we were all starving. Luckily there was a pizza place athwart the softball field.
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