perverseness

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Definition of perverseness

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.

“Wherefore, thus ſaith the holy one of Iſrael, Becauſe ye deſpise this word, and truſt in oppreſſion and peruerſeneſſe, and ſtay thereon: Therefore this iniquitie ſhalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, ſwelling out in a high wall, whoſe breaking commeth ſuddenly at an inſtant.”

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From perverse + -ness.

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