Perversity
[per-vur-si-tee] /pərˈvɜr sɪ ti/
noun, plural perversities for 2.
1.
the state or quality of being .
2.
an instance of this.
/pəˈvɜːsɪtɪ/
noun (pl) -ties
1.
the quality or state of being perverse
2.
a perverse action, comment, etc
n.
1520s, from Middle French perversité “depravity, degeneracy” (12c.), from Latin perversitatem (nominative perversitas) “forwardness, untowardness,” from perversus (see perverse).
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