Fro"ward (?), a. [Fro + -
ward. See Fro, and cf. Fromward.] Not willing
to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse;
disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.
A froward man soweth strife.
Prov. xvi. 28.
A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a
thing as innovation.