单词 | perversive |
释义 | perversiveadj.ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > putting out of shape warping1598 perversive1693 distortive1823 deforming1870 racking1874 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxi. 256 A perversive wriness and Convulsion of the Muscles [Fr. perversion des mouvements]. 1736 Ld. Chesterfield Jrnl. 10 Apr. in Misc. Wks. (1777) I. 18 Should future parliaments..have delusive and perversive glasses slipped upon them, what might they see? or what might they not see? 2. Having the character or quality of perverting in nature, character, or use. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [adjective] pervertinga1450 seducing?1574 debauching1645 lenocinant1664 perversive1753 denaturalizing1820 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > perversive perversive1753 pervertive1901 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [adjective] > tending to pervert corrupting1509 violent1535 viperine1647 perversive1862 pervertive1901 1753 C. O'Conor Diss. Hist. Ireland p. xxxix Mere local judgments and political anomalies..absolutely perversive of national happiness. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 126 An institution perversive of those on which the government of America is constructed. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. xxiv. 171 Discourteously perversive of the obvious intention of the quotation. 1958 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 14 Oct. (1995) 287 Elves may turn into Orcs, and if this required the special perversive malice of Morgoth, still Elves themselves could do evil deeds. 1998 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 10 Oct. 10 The increasingly pervasive, and sometimes perversive, influence of the United States in all matters vinous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1693 |
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