protervity

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Etymology

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Latin protervitas, from protervus (“violent, wanton”).

Noun

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protervity (countable and uncountable, plural protervities)

  1. (rare) wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness
    • Samson Lennard: Of Wisdom, bk.I,ch.XXXV, 1651:
      A vain and frail protervity, an envious prattling.

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