pervert
noun/ˈpɜːvɜːt/
/ˈpɜːrvɜːrt/
(also informal perv)
(offensive)- a person whose sexual behaviour you consider to be strange and not acceptable synonym deviant
- a sexual pervert
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from per- ‘thoroughly, to ill effect’ + vertere ‘to turn’. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th cent.Want to learn more?
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