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Definition of Perversenesses
1. perverseness [n] - See also: perverseness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perversenesses
Literary usage of Perversenesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1818)
"... consumed by its heat, or irritated by its light, they soon disappear : but
the perversenesses of a mean and narrow intellect are like the excrescences ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1807)
"... that it is our own mistakes and prejudices, and reciprocal perversenesses,
that mix the alloy; and that it is possible, with reason and religion, ..."
3. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1830)
"This deep master of the science of man was intimately acquainted with all the
doublings and turnings, the intricacies and perversenesses of the heart. ..."
4. The Recreations of Christopher North: Pseud by John Wilson (1842)
"But the creature was also a merry and a madcap child, and her freakish pranks,
and playful perversenesses, as she tossed her head in untameable glee, ..."
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