Etymology

perverse

per·verse
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Today it means: Turned aside while against something, splitting off from a thing. Full definition →

Middle English perverse ← Old French pervers ← Latin perversum
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  1. Latin · derived fromperversum“thoroughly turned”
  2. Old French · derived frompervers
  3. Middle English · inherited fromperverse
  4. English todayperverse

From Middle English perverse, pervers, from Old French pervers, from Latin perversum (“thoroughly turned”), past participle of pervertere, from per- (“thoroughly”) + vertere (“to turn”).

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