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!”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
