abackward

English edit

Etymology edit

From aback (“rear”) +‎ -ward (“toward”).

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbæk.wəd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbæk.wəd/

Adverb edit

abackward (not comparable)

(archaic) Backward. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]^[1]

References edit

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abackward”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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