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Added 9 October 2026

pervert

/ˈpəː.vəːt/ noun

In Latin: perversus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pervert at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!

verb

To turn another way; to divert.
To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?
To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.

Origin

From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

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