withershins

Meaning

Adverb

• Anti-clockwise, in the contrary direction, especially to the left or opposite to the direction of the sun.

Related

Opposite words

• deiseal

Origin

• From wither- + shins, sins, alteration of withersuns, modelled after Middle Low German weddersins, weddersinnes, from Middle High German widdersinnes, from wider + sinnes, genitive of sin. Compare also Old English wiþersīenes, Icelandic viðer, Danish veder, Swedish veder. More at wither, sense.