thwartful en · ADJ
Etymology
From thwart + -ful.
Meanings
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(rare) Full of opposition or inclined to thwart; contrary; cross
In this joke the use of the container is secondary, functioning primarily to create a more thwartable (thwartful?) expectation.
2012, Dan O'Shannon, What Are You Laughing At?:And Vereker feels thwartful. . . . It's due to his having a boil—and no cushion with him. . . .
2015, P. C. Wren, Collected Works of P. C. Wren:And, doing third edits for Lindsay notwithstanding, The Paper was a thwartful place for a would-be writer like myself to work in.
2011, Jug Suraiya, J S and the Times of My Life:“Poor little shard of a Brogie; and Stu,” searched I in the thwartful modulation, [...]
2009, Carlton Thurman, Caddie Esoterica:Josh viewed Jerome Benedict as a thwartful man always finding the flaws in other people's research.
2013, Dennis Ford, Things Don’t Add Up:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most thwartful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more thwartful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Relateds
thwarten · thwartwise · thwarty · athwartships · thwartsome