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单词 prevert
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prevertn.

Brit. /ˈpriːvəːt/, U.S. /ˈpriˌvərt/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pervert n.
Etymology: Humorous alteration of pervert n., after pre- prefix.Compare the following earlier occurrence as a typographical error:1922 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 13 May 4/1 When will we recollect the unholy alliances that kind of government makes with criminals, crooks, and labor preverts?.
North American colloquial (frequently humorous).
A pervert.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [noun] > sexual behaviour regarded as unconventional or unacceptable > person
pervert1856
freak1923
perv1948
secko1949
kinky1950
paraphiliac1958
paraphilic1962
prevert1962
kink1965
nonce1971
sickie1973
sicko1977
pervo1978
1962 T. Berger Reinhart in Love xxiii. 403 You goddam prevert.
1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 19 June 33/7 I worry if I am too hip and cool, because people think I am one of them pre-verts and beatniks.
1983 L. Lowry Taking Care of Terrific iii. 10 Donahue had more of those preverts on today. People called in from all over and condemned them.
2003 SF Weekly (Calif.) (Nexis) 5 Feb. There are also mutterings that he's a ‘pre-vert’—not merely gay, which would be bad enough in this town, but possibly a pedophile, too.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prevertv.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praevertere.
Etymology: < classical Latin praevertere to outstrip, outrun, to forestall, to preoccupy < prae- pre- prefix + vertere to turn (see vert v.1).
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To go beyond; to overtake or outstrip.
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a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xiv. 64 And throu the speid of fut in hir rynning The suift windis [to] prevert and bakwart ding [L. cursuque pedum prævertere ventos].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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