Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Wayward

Wayward , adjective

[Old English weiward, for aweiward, that is, turned away. See Away, and -ward.]

Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.
My wife is in a wayward mood. — Shakespeare
Wayward beauty doth not fancy move. — Fairfax
Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought? — Keble