# withershins

> English word · Adverb

## Definitions
1. Alternative spelling of widdershins (“anticlockwise”).

## Etymology
Alteration of widder- in widdershins (a borrowing from Middle Low German) after the English cognate form wither- (“against, anti-”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/withershins