perverse

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English perverse, pervers, from Old French pervers, from Latin perversum (“thoroughly turned”), past participle of pervertere, from per- (“thoroughly”) + vertere (“to turn”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈvɝs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈvɜːs/ Hyphenation: per‧verse Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s === Adjective === perverse (comparative more perverse or perverser, superlative most perverse or perversest) Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing. Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted. Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable. Wayward; vexing; contrary. 2023, Eric Sims, Jing Cynthia Wu, and Ji Zhang, The Four-Equation New Keynesian Model, The Review of Economics and Statistics 105(4), pp. 931--947 Where this perverse sign flip occurs depends on the values of other parameters […]. (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions. ==== Usage notes ==== In their connotations, the forms perverse and perversity lean more toward the sense of "vexing, contrary," while perverted and perversion lean more toward the sense of "sexually deviant and immoral," but the division is not strict or consistent. ==== Antonyms ==== innocent ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === perverse (plural perverses) (archaic) (geometry) A chiral opposite of something; a mirror image with opposite handedness. ==== Derived terms ==== tendril perversion === Verb === perverse (third-person singular simple present perverses, present participle perversing, simple past and past participle perversed) (nonstandard) To pervert. === Anagrams === persever, preserve == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === perverse inflection of pervers: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive == French == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === perverse feminine singular of pervers === Anagrams === préserve, préservé == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === perverse inflection of pervers: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Adjective === perverse feminine plural of perverso == Latin == === Participle === perverse vocative masculine singular of perversus === References === “perverse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “perverse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “perverse”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.