Pravitate
/ˈprævɪteɪt/noun
To deprave, corrupt, or morally pervert; an obsolete English verb.
Did you know?Pravitate belongs to a family of words built from the Latin image of crookedness, where physical distortion became a metaphor for moral corruption.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
pravus
“Crooked, warped, perverse, or morally bad”
Classical Latin
Latin
prāvītās
“Crookedness, perversity, or depravity”
Medieval Latin
Latin
prāvitāre
“To deprave or corrupt”
17th–18th Century
English
pravitate
“To deprave or corrupt; an archaic verb”
Modern English
English
pravitate
“An obsolete or extremely rare word meaning to corrupt or morally pervert”