"protervity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: protervities [plural]
Etymology: Latin protervitas, from protervus (“violent, wanton”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|protervitas}} Latin protervitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} protervity (countable and uncountable, plural protervities)
  1. (rare) wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness Tags: countable, rare, uncountable Translations (Translations): protervité [feminine] (French), protervità [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-protervity-en-noun-DxX~KxqU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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