Prave
/preɪv/noun
An obsolete adjective meaning morally bad, depraved, or corrupt.
Did you know?Prave is connected to the Latin image of crookedness: physical deviation became a metaphor for moral deviation, a pattern echoed in words such as “perverse.”
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
pravus
“Crooked, misshapen, faulty, morally bad”
Medieval Latin
Latin
pravus
“Wicked, depraved, or spiritually corrupt”
13th–15th Century
Anglo-French
prave
“Bad or morally corrupt; a rare learned borrowing”
16th Century
English
prave
“Wicked, depraved, or corrupt”
Modern English
English
prave
“Obsolete; morally bad or depraved”