Pravitude
/ˈprævɪtjuːd/noun
Depravity or moral corruption; an obsolete or rare term.
Did you know?Pravitude belongs to the same Latin word-family as “depravity,” whose imagery originally described something twisted, distorted, or morally bent.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
pravus
“Crooked, deformed, perverse, or morally wrong”
Classical Latin
Latin
pravitas
“Crookedness, perversity, or depravity”
Late Latin
Latin
pravitudo
“A state or quality of being perverse or depraved”
14th–15th Century
English
pravity
“Depravity or moral corruption”
16th–17th Century
English
pravitude
“Depravity; the condition of being morally corrupt”
Modern English
English
pravitude
“A rare or obsolete word for depravity”