pervertibleadj.

Brit.

/pəˈvəːtᵻbl/, U.S.

/pərˈvərdəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English pevertyble (transmission error), late Middle English 1600s peruertible, 1600s peruertable, 1600s– pervertible.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pervertible; Latin pervertibilis.

Etymology: < Middle French pervertible (a1500 in the passage translated in quot. a1500 at main sense; compare Middle French impervertible (1489)) and its etymon post-classical Latin pervertibilis subject to perversion (c1343 in a British source) < classical Latin pervertere pervert v. + -ibilis -ible suffix.With the form peruertable compare -able suffix. More recent (20th-cent. and later) examples of forms in -able are very rare and likely to be misspellings or typographical errors.

Capable of being perverted; corruptible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [adjective] > affected by > capable of being

pervertiblea1500

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > perverse > depraved or perverted > able to be

pervertiblea1500

depravable1678

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 34 (MED) O ye erthely kyngis, which sitte in youre trembling chayers and haue commaundingis by auctorite disseyveable vpon the people peruertible [Fr. peruertible], lothe to lerne.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Corrompable, corrumpable, corruptible, peruertable, deprauable.

1650 W. Davenant Pref. to Gondibert 92 Armies, if they were not peruertible by Faction, yet are to Commonwealths like kings Physitians to poore Patients.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. iii. 35 The Depravity of Minds..dependent on such pervertible Organs.

1794 H. Casson Gospel Alarm to Christendom 384 Neither such pervertible words, nor their legal trees lying where they may fall, may justly operate against my strife.

1852 T. J. Vaiden Rational Relig. & Morals 202 There is no masculine or feminine science alone, while there may be much to corrupt pervertible minds.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiv. 473 New immigrants, politically incompetent, and therefore easily pervertible.

1943 Mind 52 80 Infantile perversions are rather instances of lack of differentiation, than of the presence of positively perverse tendencies. The child is not ‘polymorphous pervert’ so much as ‘polymorphous pervertible’.

1990 Life (Nexis) Oct. 21 National duty is the most pervertible of obligations.

Derivatives

pervertiˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [noun] > capability of

pervertibility1850

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > perversity or depravity > ability to be perverted

pervertibility1850

1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. 4th Ser. xiii That part of human pervertibility is an awful fact and mystery.

1988 New German Critique 44 86 The premise of the pervertibility of this concept, the ease with which it can be abused and misused.

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

单词	pervertible
释义	pervertibleadj. Brit. /pəˈvəːtᵻbl/, U.S. /pərˈvərdəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English pevertyble (transmission error), late Middle English 1600s peruertible, 1600s peruertable, 1600s– pervertible. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pervertible; Latin pervertibilis. Etymology: < Middle French pervertible (a1500 in the passage translated in quot. a1500 at main sense; compare Middle French impervertible (1489)) and its etymon post-classical Latin pervertibilis subject to perversion (c1343 in a British source) < classical Latin pervertere pervert v. + -ibilis -ible suffix.With the form peruertable compare -able suffix. More recent (20th-cent. and later) examples of forms in -able are very rare and likely to be misspellings or typographical errors. Capable of being perverted; corruptible. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [adjective] > affected by > capable of being pervertiblea1500 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > perverse > depraved or perverted > able to be pervertiblea1500 depravable1678 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 34 (MED) O ye erthely kyngis, which sitte in youre trembling chayers and haue commaundingis by auctorite disseyveable vpon the people peruertible [Fr. peruertible], lothe to lerne. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Corrompable, corrumpable, corruptible, peruertable, deprauable. 1650 W. Davenant Pref. to Gondibert 92 Armies, if they were not peruertible by Faction, yet are to Commonwealths like kings Physitians to poore Patients. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. iii. 35 The Depravity of Minds..dependent on such pervertible Organs. 1794 H. Casson Gospel Alarm to Christendom 384 Neither such pervertible words, nor their legal trees lying where they may fall, may justly operate against my strife. 1852 T. J. Vaiden Rational Relig. & Morals 202 There is no masculine or feminine science alone, while there may be much to corrupt pervertible minds. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiv. 473 New immigrants, politically incompetent, and therefore easily pervertible. 1943 Mind 52 80 Infantile perversions are rather instances of lack of differentiation, than of the presence of positively perverse tendencies. The child is not ‘polymorphous pervert’ so much as ‘polymorphous pervertible’. 1990 Life (Nexis) Oct. 21 National duty is the most pervertible of obligations. Derivatives pervertiˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [noun] > capability of pervertibility1850 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > perversity or depravity > ability to be perverted pervertibility1850 1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. 4th Ser. xiii That part of human pervertibility is an awful fact and mystery. 1988 New German Critique 44 86 The premise of the pervertibility of this concept, the ease with which it can be abused and misused. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1500
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