perversenessn.

Brit.

/pəˈvəːsnəs/, U.S.

/pərˈvərsnəs/

Forms: see perverse adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perverse adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < perverse adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier perversity n., perversion n.

1. The quality or character of being perverse; = perversity n.In early use with strongly negative force: corruption, wickedness. In later use more generally: unreasonableness, contrariness, obstinacy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]

woughc888

naughteOE

manOE

evilness1000

fakenOE

witherfulnessc1200

lithera1225

villainy?c1225

lithernessa1240

unwrastshipa1250

felonyc1290

shrewheadc1290

litherhead1297

illa1300

wicknessa1300

follyc1300

iniquity13..

shrewdom13..

wickhedec1305

shrewdheadc1315

shrewdnessc1315

unwrastnessc1315

wickednessa1340

malicea1382

unequityc1384

lewdnessa1387

mischiefa1387

wickedleka1400

wickedredea1400

badnessc1400

shrewdshipc1400

shrewnessc1425

ungoodlihead1430

wickdomc1440

rudenessc1451

mauvasty1474

unkindliness1488

noughtinessa1500

perversenessa1500

illnessc1500

filthiness?1504

noisomeness1506

naughtiness?1529

noughtihoodc1540

inexcellence1590

improbity1593

flagition1598

meschancy1609

scelerateness1613

pravity1620

meschantnessa1630

flagitiousness1692

flagitiosity1727

nefariousness1727

bale-fire1855

ill-conditionedness1866

iniquitousness1870

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > perversity or depravity

wharfedlaikc1175

obliquity?c1425

turpitude1490

perversenessa1500

pravitya1513

pervertness1581

beastlinessa1618

depravedness1623

depravity1646

moral turpitude1660

depravation1728

miscreancy1804

pervertedness1828

obliqueness1877

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness

frowardnessa1300

waywardnessc1384

wrawnessc1386

frowardship14..

perversity?a1425

frowardheadc1470

overthwartnessc1475

adversity1489

perversednessa1500

thrawnness1499

untowardnessa1525

protervitya1527

repugnancy1557

thrawardness1567

contrariousness1571

crookedness1576

thwartness1577

pervertness1581

peevishness1582

awkness1587

crabbedness1598

untowardliness1598

crossness1600

difficileness1612

contrariness1642

perverseness1644

cross-grainedness1652

wrong-headedness1740

pigheadedness1801

cussedness1852

orneriness1880

bloody-mindedness1910

difficultness1934

a1500 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Durh.) 43 (MED) Peruersenes [v.rr. peruersidnesse; wyckydnesse; c1450 Linc. when þere comyth aduersitee, It comyþ only of oure peruersite].

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 1 Our owne ignorance,..weaknesse, perversenesse [Fr. perversité], and corruption.

1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 23 To enforce the innocent and faultles to endure the pain and misery of anothers perversnes.

1707 E. Ward London Terræ-filius No. 2. 36 The Root that Nourishes the Perverseness of your Temper.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 36 I am likely to suffer in my Reputation by the Perverseness and Folly of this Girl.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxvii. Argt. The perverseness of man, who places his will on..perishable things.

1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 60 Corruption..brought in..through the interested perverseness of false teachers.

1909 C. S. Churchill Let. 3 Nov. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) ii. 36 My dear, I want you quite to forget my perverseness last Sunday.

1999 Amer. Lit. 71 710 If I have emphasized the perverseness of this scene, it is to call attention to the highly euphemistic quality of the story's language.

2. Of things or events: adverseness; unfavourableness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > unfavourable character

contrariositya1340

badness1539

iniquity?c1550

naughtiness1550

thrawardness1567

perverseness1578

crossness1641

awkwardness1674

unhappiness1704

unpropitiousness1756

unfavourableness1765

untowardness1779

contrariousness1853

1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 31 The amitie of wedlock receiueth not a third copartener, whervnto neuerthelesse the peruersnesse of this world will constrayne it.

1628 R. Gomersall Tragedie of Lodovick Sforza iii. iv. 38 O hard plight! O strange peruersnesse!

1661 Princess Cloria iv. 420 If we cannot obtain dominion in regard of the perverseness of our fates, we will despise the possession for a more glorious acquisition.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iii. 152 They were..delayed by the perverseness of the winds.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xi. 130 Those who have been disappointed in their first choice, whether from the inconstancy of its object, or the perverseness of circumstances.

1877 Scribner's Monthly June 227/1 It was the perverseness of fate that he should find in Bertha Villefort even more than he had once seen in Bertha Trent.

1916 J. Dewey Democracy & Educ. viii. 122 The failure..is attributed simply to the perverseness of conditions.

2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 29 June (Business section) 4 The fault lies with policymakers, not with the perverseness of the economic system.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perverseness
释义	perversenessn. Brit. /pəˈvəːsnəs/, U.S. /pərˈvərsnəs/ Forms: see perverse adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perverse adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < perverse adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier perversity n., perversion n. 1. The quality or character of being perverse; = perversity n.In early use with strongly negative force: corruption, wickedness. In later use more generally: unreasonableness, contrariness, obstinacy. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun] woughc888 naughteOE manOE evilness1000 fakenOE witherfulnessc1200 lithera1225 villainy?c1225 lithernessa1240 unwrastshipa1250 felonyc1290 shrewheadc1290 litherhead1297 illa1300 wicknessa1300 follyc1300 iniquity13.. shrewdom13.. wickhedec1305 shrewdheadc1315 shrewdnessc1315 unwrastnessc1315 wickednessa1340 malicea1382 unequityc1384 lewdnessa1387 mischiefa1387 wickedleka1400 wickedredea1400 badnessc1400 shrewdshipc1400 shrewnessc1425 ungoodlihead1430 wickdomc1440 rudenessc1451 mauvasty1474 unkindliness1488 noughtinessa1500 perversenessa1500 illnessc1500 filthiness?1504 noisomeness1506 naughtiness?1529 noughtihoodc1540 inexcellence1590 improbity1593 flagition1598 meschancy1609 scelerateness1613 pravity1620 meschantnessa1630 flagitiousness1692 flagitiosity1727 nefariousness1727 bale-fire1855 ill-conditionedness1866 iniquitousness1870 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > perversity or depravity wharfedlaikc1175 obliquity?c1425 turpitude1490 perversenessa1500 pravitya1513 pervertness1581 beastlinessa1618 depravedness1623 depravity1646 moral turpitude1660 depravation1728 miscreancy1804 pervertedness1828 obliqueness1877 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness frowardnessa1300 waywardnessc1384 wrawnessc1386 frowardship14.. perversity?a1425 frowardheadc1470 overthwartnessc1475 adversity1489 perversednessa1500 thrawnness1499 untowardnessa1525 protervitya1527 repugnancy1557 thrawardness1567 contrariousness1571 crookedness1576 thwartness1577 pervertness1581 peevishness1582 awkness1587 crabbedness1598 untowardliness1598 crossness1600 difficileness1612 contrariness1642 perverseness1644 cross-grainedness1652 wrong-headedness1740 pigheadedness1801 cussedness1852 orneriness1880 bloody-mindedness1910 difficultness1934 a1500 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Durh.) 43 (MED) Peruersenes [v.rr. peruersidnesse; wyckydnesse; c1450 Linc. when þere comyth aduersitee, It comyþ only of oure peruersite]. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 1 Our owne ignorance,..weaknesse, perversenesse [Fr. perversité], and corruption. 1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 23 To enforce the innocent and faultles to endure the pain and misery of anothers perversnes. 1707 E. Ward London Terræ-filius No. 2. 36 The Root that Nourishes the Perverseness of your Temper. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 36 I am likely to suffer in my Reputation by the Perverseness and Folly of this Girl. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxvii. Argt. The perverseness of man, who places his will on..perishable things. 1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 60 Corruption..brought in..through the interested perverseness of false teachers. 1909 C. S. Churchill Let. 3 Nov. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) ii. 36 My dear, I want you quite to forget my perverseness last Sunday. 1999 Amer. Lit. 71 710 If I have emphasized the perverseness of this scene, it is to call attention to the highly euphemistic quality of the story's language. 2. Of things or events: adverseness; unfavourableness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > unfavourable character contrariositya1340 badness1539 iniquity?c1550 naughtiness1550 thrawardness1567 perverseness1578 crossness1641 awkwardness1674 unhappiness1704 unpropitiousness1756 unfavourableness1765 untowardness1779 contrariousness1853 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 31 The amitie of wedlock receiueth not a third copartener, whervnto neuerthelesse the peruersnesse of this world will constrayne it. 1628 R. Gomersall Tragedie of Lodovick Sforza iii. iv. 38 O hard plight! O strange peruersnesse! 1661 Princess Cloria iv. 420 If we cannot obtain dominion in regard of the perverseness of our fates, we will despise the possession for a more glorious acquisition. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iii. 152 They were..delayed by the perverseness of the winds. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xi. 130 Those who have been disappointed in their first choice, whether from the inconstancy of its object, or the perverseness of circumstances. View more context for this quotation 1877 Scribner's Monthly June 227/1 It was the perverseness of fate that he should find in Bertha Villefort even more than he had once seen in Bertha Trent. 1916 J. Dewey Democracy & Educ. viii. 122 The failure..is attributed simply to the perverseness of conditions. 2003 Sunday Times (Nexis) 29 June (Business section) 4 The fault lies with policymakers, not with the perverseness of the economic system. 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