# pervert
## English
### Etymology

From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō.

### Pronunciation

* (noun)
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpəː.vəːt/, /ˈpəː.vət/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** (General American) IPA: /ˈpɚ.vɚt/
** Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)t
* (verb)
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈvəːt/
*** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** (General American) IPA: /pɚˈvɚt/
** Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

### Noun

pervert (plural perverts)
* (Can we verify this sense?) (dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.
** 1867, Stephen Elliott, Sermons (page 382)
    And yet it is not only tolerated, but perverts are making to it in England and this country, — perverts among the intelligent and the learned. For these things, which I have quoted, are not accusations made in a corner, but have been published in the face of the world by one of the profoundest theologians of the day, and challenge confutation.
** 1925, The Dalhousie Review (volume 5, page 115)
    […] a religious pervert is ever a doubtful product. One separated from the fellows of his youth and the faith of his fathers, by acceptance of a different religion, is of necessity more or less adrift on the sea of life […]
** 2001, Ismāʻīl Salāmī, Islamic Views on Human Rights: Viewpoints of Iranian Scholars (page 128)
    According to the Holy Qur'an, those who cast off God's signs and follow Satan and their caprice are perverts; they are likened to dogs […]
* A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
    Synonym: (slang) perv
    Antonym: normophile
    Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
** 1951, J. D. Salinger, chapter 24, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:I know more damn perverts, at schools and all, than anybody you ever met, and they're always being perverty when I'm around.

#### Usage notes

* In contemporary usage, pervert is usually understood to refer to a sexually perverted person or anyone who seems creepy. Traditionally, the word was mainly associated with persons of false religious beliefs.

#### Derived terms

* perverty
* tervert

#### Translations
### Verb

pervert (third-person singular simple present perverts, present participle perverting, simple past and past participle perverted)
* (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
    Synonyms: divert, steer, veer
** 1623, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline:Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
* (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure
    Synonyms: corrupt, lead astray
    How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?
** 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.
** 1690, “The Preface to the Reader”, in A Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page vi:He was a good Proteſtant, but when he fell into the Jeſuits hands, they ſoon perverted him, and made him embrace the Roman Catholick Religion […]
** 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman‎:A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."
* To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose
    Synonyms: misapply, misuse
    He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.
* to misinterpret designedly.
    Synonym: twist
    pervert one's words
* (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
** c. 1384, Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love:After that worde, "better is it to dey than lyve false," and al wolde perverted people false reporte make

#### Translations

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### Related terms

* perverse
* perversion

### Anagrams

* prevert, vertrep

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pervert.

### Noun

pervert m (genitive singular perverts, nominative plural pervertar)
* pervert
    Synonyms: perri, öfuguggi