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Contrarious, -ius, a. Also: -yous, -iouse, -ios, -eous, -trairious, -ius. [ME. contrarious (c 1290), -ius, OF. contrarious, -ius, etc., med. L. contrariosus.]
1. Contrary, opposite, or repugnant to or till something. Also with for or without prep. 1456 Hay II. 33/17.
All thingis that ar contrarious to virtu and justice ar contrarious to the order … of knychthede 1531 Bell. Boece I. 96.
Sedition, discord, and ambitioun of honouris, ar so contrarius thairto 1543 Corr. M. Lorraine 39.
Thar suld be … sad thingis contrarious for the present tym c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1254.
I purpose to confirme no thyng … Contrarious tyll his excellence 1570 Leslie 139.
Certane articles, … contrarious to the doctrine haldin and techet be the Catholique kirk 1581 Acts III. 215/2.
Onie thing done be thame … contrarious to the effect and meaning of the same contract 1622-6 Bisset II. 41/15.
This appeiris to be sum pairt contrarius
b. Mutually opposed; antagonistic. 1456 Hay II. 31/2.
Thus ar the twa curagis wele contrarius togidder Ib. 115/32.
That all man is maid … of four contrarious humouris a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1504.
Thar lyfe and ouris is sa contrarius 1533 Boece viii. i. 248.
The barons … war dividit in diuers and contrarios opinions Ib. xiii. vii. 513.
Thingis that neuer sa contrarius war sene 1560 Rolland Seven S. Prol. 99.
Quhen tua arguis, in ane or thay conclude, On force thair talk mon be contrarious 1581 Acts III. 233/1.
The saidis commissionaris war … contrareous in thair first and last deliuerence
2. Given to opposition; refractory, perverse. ?1438 Alex. ii. 2085.
To that craft I am our ald, Crabbit, contrarious, lene and cald 1456 Hay II. 24/9.
A false knycht … that dois nocht the bidding of his prince and is contrarius till his biddingis c1460 Consail Wys Man 95.
Serve thi maister weil at poynt, … Be nocht to him contraryous c1515 Asl. MS. I. 208/25.
This samyn king Eduard was sa contrarious … that he exilit baith his qwene and his eldest sone 1531 Bell. Boece I. 110.
Fortune … is sa contrarius to my governance, that scho hes dejeckit me at thy feit 1567 Sat. P. iii. 181.
To hir I salbe ay contrarius, Quhill to me Atropus cut the fatell threid a1597-1617 Hist. James VI 90.
Ilk ane of the pairties were sa wilful and contrarious … that they never condescendit upon a midds
3. Blowing or coming against one; moving in the opposite direction. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 46.
Inconstant warld and quheill contrarious Id. Æn. i. viii. 75.
The byttir blastis, contrarius allways 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xlviii.
The see, be contrarius stremes, makis collision Ib. 147.
The dangerus flude rinnand … with sa quhirlland and contrarius tide c1552 Lynd. Mon. 6256.
The sewin planetis … Ar reft about with coursse contrarious a1578 Pitsc. II. 25/14.
He was stoppit be contrairious windis and vther impedementis 1592 Conv. Burghs I. 389.
With contrarius windis drewin in thairto
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