Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perversity

/pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: per-ver-si-ty
IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being perverse.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something which is perverse.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hey kids, the word of the week is "pupaphobia"! Others may enjoy being frightened by chainsaw-wielding maniacs and cannibal clowns, but my Halloween is never complete without a murderous Muppet or two. Thankfully, a pair of events last Friday the 13th provided a perfect double feature of puppet perversity."
"More generally, for the ULD property to hold, the substitution effects (which are always well behaved) must be large enough to overcome possible “perversities” coming from the wealth effects."
"“Of all this world's perversities, there is only one I cannot abide: the kink-shame. I'm off!” “You can't walk out! I'm walking out!”"

Etymology

From perverse + -ity, from Middle French perversité, from Latin perversitās.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: perversité, perversitās

Usage

Inflected Forms

perversities (plural)

Phrases

diversity is perversity polymorphous perversity

Synonyms

perverseness contrariness

Rhymes With

university biodiversity

Questions

How do you pronounce perversity?: The recorded pronunciation is /pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/.
What does perversity mean?: The quality of being perverse.
Where does perversity come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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