proverse
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
In the typical or canonical direction, order, or orientation.
Example Sentences
- "This is preferred over adverse yaw unless it becomes too proverse!"
- "Because of this, safety helmets have been the target of litigation to the extreme, with both adverse and proverse effect."
- "When a process of proverse selection has run its course, a disproportionate number of high-risk insureds will remain in the former classification, which will prompt an increase in the premiums charged in order to cover the higher losses."
- "Proverse selection is the opposite of the more familiar "adverse selection" problem in which individuals who know or suspect that they will need insurance are more likely to apply for it.[…]Proverse selection[…]operates as an incentive to reveal positive information about one's risk profile, even if not required (or, sometimes, even if prohibited)."
- "A risk proverse or risk loving person would be more willing to take the risk if there is a chance of yielding higher value design alternatives."
- "But this, like every other, has its proverse and reverse aspects."
Etymology
From Latin prōversus (“turned forwards”), perfect passive participle of prōvertō (“to turn forwards”), from prō- (“before, in front of”) + vertō (“to turn”). By surface analysis, pro- + -verse. Doublet of prose.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: prōversus
Inflected Forms
more proverse (comparative)
most proverse (superlative)