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perversenesses

perversenesses is the plural of perverseness.

Meaning of perverseness

Noun

perverseness (countable and uncountable, plural perversenesses)

  1. The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.
    • Wherefore, thus ſaith the holy one of Iſrael, Becauſe ye deſpise this word, and truſt in oppreſſion and peruerſeneſſe, and ſtay thereon: Therefore this iniquitie ſhalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, ſwelling out in a high wall, whoſe breaking commeth ſuddenly at an inſtant.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 30:12–13, column 1

Questions about perversenesses

What is perversenesses the plural of?
Perversenesses is the plural of perverseness.

Words near perversenesses in the dictionary

  1. perverse
  2. perversed
  3. perversedly
  4. perversely
  5. perverseness
  6. perversenesses
  7. perverser
  8. perverses
  9. perversest
  10. perversing
  11. perversion

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