Widdershins
Definition
Adverb
1. In a left-handed or wrong direction.
2. Contrary to the course of the sun or a clock.
3. (historic) In the wrong way.
The original recipe highlighted that the potion must be stirred widdershins.
Word Origin
In the earliest known text (early 1500s) this word was used to mean the wrong or opposite direction. Today it is generally used to mean in the opposite direction from a clock.
From Old High German widarsinnen
widar (back, against)
+ sinnen (to travel)
=> Middle High German widersinnes
=> Scottish English widdershins
Synonyms
anti-clockwise, counter-clockwise, lefthandwise
Antonyms
clockwise
