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depravity

/dɪˈpɹævəti/dih-PRA-vuh-tee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/dɪˈpɹævəti/dih-PRA-vuh-tee

Meaningbeing depraved

Common meaning: moral corruption

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Journey through time

  1. Latindepravare‘distort or corrupt’source
  2. Old Frenchdepraver‘to deprave, mar, viciate’source
  3. Middle Englishdeprauen‘defame’source
  4. Englishdeprave‘corrupt morally’
  5. Englishformed in English from depravedepravity‘moral corruption’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from deprave + -ity.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DEPRAVE, p.161 · scan

Source words

  • depravare Latin · source word “distort or corrupt”

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