pervert
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (noun)
- (verb)
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t
Noun[edit]
pervert (plural perverts)
- (dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
- A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
- Synonym: perv (slang)
- Antonyms: normophile, convert (religious)
- 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 24:
- I know more damn perverts, at schools and all, than anybody you ever met, and they're always being perverty when I'm around.
- Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
Usage notes[edit]
- In contemporary usage, pervert is usually understood to refer to a sexually perverted person. Traditionally the word was mainly associated with persons of false religious beliefs.
Translations[edit]
one who has turned to error
sexually perverted person
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Verb[edit]
pervert (third-person singular simple present perverts, present participle perverting, simple past and past participle perverted)
- (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline:
- Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
- (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
- Synonyms: corrupt, lead astray
- How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.
- 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman[1]:
- A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."
- To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
- to misinterpret designedly.
- Synonym: twist
- pervert one's words
- (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Testament of Love to this entry?)
Translations[edit]
to turn another way
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to turn from truth
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to misuse
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to misinterpret designedly
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Etymology[edit]
From the Latin verb pervertere "to overturn" or "to subvert".
Noun[edit]
pervert f
- a pervert
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