pravità
Italian
Etymology
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From Latin prāvitā(tem) accusative case of prāvitās (“viciousness” ← “deformity”).
Equivalent to pravo (“evil, wicked”) + -ità (“-ity, -ness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pravità f (uncountable) (literary)
- evilness, wickedness
- 1940, Riccardo Bacchelli, Mondo vecchio sempre nuovo [Ever New Old World], Mursia, published 1969, page 25:
- era sporco d'una sporcizia che serviva d'insegna alla sua pravità
- he was filthy, of a filth that served as a sign of his wickedness
- Synonyms: malvagità, perversità
- An evil or depraved deed.