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protervity

protervity noun: wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness.

Noun

protervity (countable and uncountable, plural protervities)

  1. (rare) wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness
    • A vain and frail protervity, an envious prattling.Samson Lennard: Of Wisdom, bk.I,ch.XXXV, 1651

protervity meaning in Urdu

protervity in Urdu

آوارگی, بدچلنی

Forms of protervity

pluralprotervities

Origin of protervity

Latin protervitas, from protervus (“violent, wanton”).

Questions about protervity

What does protervity mean?
Protervity means wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness.
What is protervity in Urdu?
Protervity in Urdu is آوارگی, بدچلنی. See Protervity meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is protervity?
Protervity is a noun.
What is the plural of protervity?
The plural of protervity is protervities.

Words near protervity in the dictionary

  1. proterotypes
  2. proterozoic
  3. proterrorist
  4. proters
  5. protervities
  6. protervity
  7. protesomal
  8. protesome
  9. protest
  10. protest song
  11. protest songs

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