PRAVITY

Etymology

Noun

pravity (countable and uncountable, plural pravities)

(now, rare, archaic) perversion, depravity; wickedness. [from 16th c.]

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Prav"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. pravitas, from pravus crooked, perverse.]

Definition: Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature. "The pravity of the will." South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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