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!”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
