Pravity (noun) (archaic)
p-rav-it-ee
Moral perversion or corruption; wickedness, depravity; an instance of this.
Early 16th century; earliest use found in John Irland (c1440–1495), theologian. From Middle French pravité and its etymon classical Latin prāvitās crookedness, distortion, perverseness, depravity from prāvus + -tās.
Example sentences
“He showed immense pravity and I won’t have him in the house!”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
