protervity

English

Etymology

Latin protervitas, from protervus (“violent, wanton”).

Noun

protervity (countable and uncountable, plural protervities)

1. (rare) wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness
   • Samson Lennard: Of Wisdom, bk.I,ch.XXXV, 1651:

     A vain and frail protervity, an envious prattling.

Translations

Translations

• French: protervité (fr) f
• Italian: protervità f