wayward

a.
1. bent on one’s own way,self-willed,capricious and obstinate. perverse 任性的，刚愎自用的，执拗古怪的，乖僻的。
△Mac.3.5.10: “And which is worse,all you havedone / Hath been but for a wayward son，” i.e.a self-willed and untrue disciple (Macbeth). 更糟的是，你们所干的事都是为了一个刚愎自用的门徒。
△As.4.1.168 (161): “the wiser,the waywarder.”越是聪明，越是乱来。
2. capriciously wilful,capricious,unacountable 任性的.受怪念头指引的，莫名其妙的。
△ Oth.3.3.292: “Mywayward husband hath a hundred times / Wooed me to steal it；”我那个脾气古怪的男人求过我一百回去把它偷来。
3. capricious and obstinate,(of illness) not yieldingreadily to treatment 变化无常而且顽固的，（疾病）难治的。
△ R.III.1.3.27: “Or if she be accused on truereport. / Bear with her weakness. which I thinkproceeds / From wa yward sickness，”即使她被指控的有真凭实据.也请原谅她的缺点，我想那也是出于她那难治的顽症。