Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Froward

Froward , adjective

[Fro + -ward. See Fro, and compare Fromward.]

Not willing to yield or comply with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child.
A froward man soweth strife. — Bible (KJV) - Proverb xvi. 28
A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as innovation. — Bacon