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wilful
English
Alternative forms
- willful (American)
- wilfull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English wilful; equivalent to will +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?lf?l/, /?w?lf?l/
- Hyphenation: wil?ful
Adjective
wilful (comparative more wilful or wilfuller, superlative most wilful or wilfullest) (British spelling)
- Intentional; deliberate.
- Synonyms: volitional, voluntary
- Stubborn and determined.
- Synonyms: obstinate, self-willed, headstrong, spiteful
Derived terms
- unwilful (UK), unwillful (US)
- wilfully (UK), willfully (US)
- wilfulness (UK), willfulness (US)
- wilful blindness (UK), willful blindness (US)
- wilful ignorance (UK), willful ignorance (US)
Translations
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perverse
English
Etymology
From Old French pervers, from Latin perversum, past participle of pervertere > per- 'thoroughly' + vertere 'to turn'. So, "thoroughly turned".
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p??v?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??v??s/
- Hyphenation: per?verse
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Adjective
perverse (comparative more perverse or perverser, superlative most perverse or perversest)
- Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
- I felt most alive when I felt most perverse. At college, sleeping with boys had a perverse quality. I slept with a boy friend of one of my girl friends, and I was proud of it. I bragged about it because I had done something perverse. Another time, I slept with a man, fat and ugly, who paid me for it. I was very proud. I felt I had the ability to do something different.
- Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
- (law, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
Antonyms
- docile
- innocent
Derived terms
- perversely
- perverseness
- perversity
Translations
Anagrams
- persever, preserve
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
perverse
- Inflected form of pervers
French
Adjective
perverse
- feminine singular of pervers
Anagrams
- préserve, préservé
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
perverse
- inflection of pervers:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
perverse
- feminine plural of perverso
Latin
Participle
perverse
- vocative masculine singular of perversus
References
- perverse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- perverse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perverse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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