Perverseness
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy. countable, uncountable
"Wherefore, thus ſaith the holy one of Iſrael, Becauſe ye deſpise this word, and truſt in oppreſſion and peruerſeneſſe, and ſtay thereon: Therefore this iniquitie ſhalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, ſwelling out in a high wall, whoſe breaking commeth ſuddenly at an inſtant."
- 2 deliberately deviating from what is good wordnet
- 3 deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline wordnet
Example
More examples"Wherefore, thus ſaith the holy one of Iſrael, Becauſe ye deſpise this word, and truſt in oppreſſion and peruerſeneſſe, and ſtay thereon: Therefore this iniquitie ſhalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, ſwelling out in a high wall, whoſe breaking commeth ſuddenly at an inſtant."
Etymology
From perverse + -ness.
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