Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wayward \Way"ward\, a. [OE. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned
   away. See {Away}, and {-ward}.]
   Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse;
   willful.

         My wife is in a wayward mood.            --Shak.

         Wayward beauty doth not fancy move.      --Fairfax.

         Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought?   --Keble.
   -- {Way"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Way"ward*ness}, n.