† pravousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Corrupt, evil, depraved; = prave adj.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective]
sickc960
foulOE
unwholec1000
thewlessa1327
corrupt1340
viciousc1340
unwholesomec1374
infecta1387
rustyc1390
unsound?a1400
rottenc1400
rotten-heartedc1405
cankereda1450
infectedc1449
wasted1483
depravate?1520
poisoned1529
deformed1555
poisonous1555
reprobate1557
corrupted1563
prave1564
base-minded1573
tainted1577
Gomorrhean1581
vice-like1589
depraved1593
debauched1598
deboshedc1598
tarish1601
sunk1602
speckled1603
deboist1604
diseased1608
ulcerous1611
vitial1614
debauchc1616
deboise1632
pravous1653
depravea1711
unhealthy1821
scrofulous1842
septic1914
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > perverse > depraved or perverted
woughc888
forraughtc1175
perverteda1382
perversionatec1475
perversed1488
perverta1500
depravate?1520
reprobate1557
prave1564
Gomorrhean1581
depraved1593
wronged1619
prevaricate1635
pravitious1649
pravous1653
depravea1711
turpitudinous1935
1653 R. Saunders Treat. Moles Body Man & Woman 26 in Physiognomie It denotes a pravous, wicked contentious nature.
1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ 141 Ignorance..becoming to a pravous disposition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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