2007-03-23 18:40:30 · 5 answers · asked by rajnesh s 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Main Entry: 1per·vert
Pronunciation: p&r-'v&rt
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French purvertir, pervertir, from Latin pervertere to overturn, corrupt, pervert, from per- thoroughly + vertere to turn -- more at PER-, WORTH
1 a : to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : CORRUPT b : to cause to turn aside or away from what is generally done or accepted : MISDIRECT
2 a : to divert to a wrong end or purpose : MISUSE b : to twist the meaning or sense of : MISINTERPRET
synonym see DEBASE
- per·vert·er noun
2007-03-24 06:53:31 · answer #1 · answered by carly071 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you use it as a verb, it means to use something in a manner for which it wasn't intended.
If you use it as a noun it is usually slang for a person who eyes someone sexually, or exhibits inappropriate sexual behavior.
2007-03-23 19:12:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It generally means a deviant sexual person.
A prevert is what you are before you graduate to a pervert.
A perversion is also an optical term, inverted but facing itself backwards.
2007-03-23 19:07:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
imbalenced thinking
2007-03-23 19:14:33 · answer #4 · answered by patriotisam 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
misconstrue
2007-03-23 19:08:06 · answer #5 · answered by Manz 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋