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perviness

perviness noun: sexual perversion.

Noun

perviness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Sexual perversion.
    • Then it dawned on me: no matter how hard I tried, I could not find even the faintest hint of perviness.2007 October 25, Armand Limnander, “Tangled in Ivy, With a Twist”, in New York Times

Origin of perviness

From pervy + -ness.

Questions about perviness

What does perviness mean?
Perviness means sexual perversion.
What part of speech is perviness?
Perviness is a noun.

Words near perviness in the dictionary

  1. pervigilations
  2. pervigilium
  3. pervilleine
  4. pervilleines
  5. pervily
  6. perviness
  7. perving
  8. pervious
  9. perviousity
  10. perviously
  11. perviousness

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