"abackward" meaning in All languages combined

See abackward on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

IPA: /əˈbæk.wəd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbæk.wəd/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Middle English abakward. Equivalent to aback (“rear”) + -ward (“toward”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|abakward}} Middle English abakward, {{suffix|en|aback|ward|t1=rear|t2=toward}} aback (“rear”) + -ward (“toward”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} abackward (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) Backward. Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-abackward-en-adv-fPvjY72i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ward

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for abackward meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "abakward"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English abakward",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "aback",
        "3": "ward",
        "t1": "rear",
        "t2": "toward"
      },
      "expansion": "aback (“rear”) + -ward (“toward”)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English abakward. Equivalent to aback (“rear”) + -ward (“toward”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "abackward (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ward",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Backward."
      ],
      "id": "en-abackward-en-adv-fPvjY72i",
      "links": [
        [
          "Backward",
          "backward#Adverb"
        ],
        [
          "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles",
          "w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Backward."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbæk.wəd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbæk.wəd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "abackward"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "abakward"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English abakward",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "aback",
        "3": "ward",
        "t1": "rear",
        "t2": "toward"
      },
      "expansion": "aback (“rear”) + -ward (“toward”)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English abakward. Equivalent to aback (“rear”) + -ward (“toward”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "abackward (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms suffixed with -ward",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English uncomparable adverbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Backward."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Backward",
          "backward#Adverb"
        ],
        [
          "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles",
          "w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Backward."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbæk.wəd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbæk.wəd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "abackward"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.