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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pervy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English perv Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pervy From perv + -y.

Meanings

  1. (slang) Behaving or looking like a sexual pervert.
    • The minute I got there I realized that I didn't need the loo at all, and so the person in the stall next to me was going to think I was either quite mad, an unsubtle drug fiend or some kind of Rebecca Loos-type pervy textaholic. 2007, Alexandra Heminsley, Ex and the City: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Dumps You:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
perviest Degree=Sup lexicographic
pervier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

normophilic

Deriveds

pervily · nonpervy · perviness

Synonyms

perverted

Translations (4)

es rarito (like a sexual pervert) · es pervertido (like a sexual pervert) · nl pervers (like a sexual pervert) · de pervers (like a sexual pervert)