"perversity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perversity.wav [UK] Forms: perversities [plural]
Etymology: perverse + -ity, from Middle French perversité, from Latin perversitās. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|perverse|ity}} perverse + -ity, {{der|en|frm|perversité}} Middle French perversité, {{der|en|la|perversitās}} Latin perversitās Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} perversity (countable and uncountable, plural perversities)
  1. The quality of being perverse. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the quality of being perverse): perversitat [feminine] (Catalan), perverssiys (Finnish), kieroutuneisuus (Finnish), perversidade [feminine] (Galician), Perversität [feminine] (German), perversità [feminine] (Italian), perwersja [feminine] (Polish), perversidade [feminine] (Portuguese), perversitate [feminine] (Romanian), извращённость (izvraščónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), perversidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-perversity-en-noun-VrS90Tsr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'the quality of being perverse': 96 4
  2. Something which is perverse. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something which is perverse): perverssiys (Finnish), perversidade [feminine] (Galician), Perversität [feminine] (German), perwersja [feminine] (Polish), perversitate [feminine] (Romanian), извраще́ние (izvraščénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-perversity-en-noun-ViIXtWDS Disambiguation of 'something which is perverse': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diversity is perversity, polymorphous perversity

Inflected forms

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