Perversed

"He describes the people of Maine in these words: "Magistrates, Husbandmen or Planters and fishermen; of the magistrates some be royalists, the rest perversed spirits, the like are the planters and fishers, of which some be planters and fishers both, others meer fishers; there are but few handscraftmen, and no shopkeepers; English goods being kept by the Massachusetts merchants, here and there, on the coast, at a profit of one per cent. in exchange for fish.""

"Such a condition indicates perversed physiological function or pathology, or possibly the two combined, and may have origin in the gastro-intestinal tract, the cardio-vascular, cardio-renal, respiratory, or any other system in the body."

"It was by associating with a sexually perversed person that I learned to regard my experience with women as a symptom of my affliction and gradually drifted into my present occupation."

"Yes, but you are so perversed and old - fashioned. Your notions would make us all as solemn and dull as a parcel of monks."