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Meaning of "protervity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROTERVITY

protervity  [prəʊˈtɜːvɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROTERVITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Protervity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROTERVITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of protervity in the English dictionary

The definition of protervity in the dictionary is petulance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROTERVITY


activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
captivity
kæpˈtɪvɪtɪ
cavity
ˈkævɪtɪ
conductivity
ˌkɒndʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
connectivity
ˌkɒnɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
creativity
ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
curvity
ˈkɜːvɪtɪ
gravity
ˈɡrævɪtɪ
inactivity
ˌɪnækˈtɪvɪtɪ
incurvity
ɪnˈkɜːvɪtɪ
interactivity
ˌɪntərækˈtɪvɪtɪ
longevity
lɒnˈdʒɛvɪtɪ
nativity
nəˈtɪvɪtɪ
negativity
ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvɪtɪ
positivity
ˌpɒzɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
productivity
ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
reactivity
ˌriːækˈtɪvɪtɪ
selectivity
sɪˌlɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
sensitivity
ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
suavity
ˈswɑːvɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROTERVITY

proteolytically
proteome
proteomic
proteomics
proteose
proterandrous
proterandry
proterogynous
proterogyny
Proterozoic
protest
protest demonstration
protest march
protest vote
Protestant
Protestant Episcopal Church
Protestant work ethic
Protestantism
protestation
protester

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROTERVITY

acceleration due to gravity
acceleration of gravity
brevity
centre of gravity
depravity
exclusivity
hyperactivity
hypersensitivity
inclusivity
objectivity
physical activity
quantum gravity
radioactivity
resistivity
special theory of relativity
specific gravity
subjectivity
superconductivity
thermal conductivity
zero gravity

Synonyms and antonyms of protervity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «protervity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROTERVITY

Find out the translation of protervity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of protervity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «protervity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

protervity
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

protervity
570 millions of speakers

English

protervity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

protervity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

protervity
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

protervity
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

protervity
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

protervity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

protervity
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengawalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

protervity
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

protervity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

protervity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Protèktif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

protervity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

protervity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्बलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

protervity
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

protervity
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

protervity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

protervity
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

protervity
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

protervity
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

protervity
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

protervity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

protervity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of protervity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTERVITY»

The term «protervity» is normally little used and occupies the 143.808 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of protervity
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTERVITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «protervity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «protervity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about protervity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROTERVITY»

Discover the use of protervity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to protervity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Critical Companion to John Steinbeck: A Literary Reference ...
Protervity”. (1924). One of Steinbeck's first published short stories, “Fingers of Cloud” appeared in the February 1924 STANFORD SPECTATOR. The story suggests the crude beginnings of the style and subject matter that would later appear in ...
Jeffrey D. Schultz, Luchen Li, 2005
2
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases
... ulterior purpose ultimate sanction ultrafashionable world unabashed insolence unabated pleasure unaccountable protervity [protervity = peevishness; petulance ] unaccustomed toil unadorned style unaffected pathos unaffrighted innocence ...
Greenville Kleiser
3
The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words
Peter Bowler. inanimate object. "If these stones could speak ..." "As I stand here, tonight, I hear the voice of my late wife — pray God this is prosopopoeia and not one of my delusional states . . ." PROTERVITY n. <£ Petulance. "Ah, Belinda ...
Peter Bowler, 1992
4
A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia
Joseph Millichap “FINGERS OF CLOUD: A SATIRE ON COLLEGE PROTERVITY ” (1923). Early Steinbeck short story, published in the February 1923 issue of the Stanford Spectator, that concerns Gertie, a retarded albino woman in her late ...
Brian E. Railsback, Michael J. Meyer, 2006
5
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... es- Proteose, pro-tens', i. estyniad, estyn- iad alian Proterosaurus, prot-ï-ro-sö'- rys, s. mad- fall fiosylaidd, gweddillion math o fadfall Protervity, pro -ter' -fi -ti, s. afrywiog- rwydd, anniddigrwydd, auniddigedd, crasder, coegni, drygnaws Protest , ...
Thomas Edwards, 1864
6
The Fables of Æsop: With a Life of the Author; Illustrated ...
tience and protervity of youth, we observe the first occasion for any animosity most frequently arising from their side ; but, however, there are not wanting examples of undutiful parents ; and, when a father, by using a son ill, and denying him ...
Aesop, 1865
7
A Dictionary of the Spanish and English and English and ...
Protec'treas, ». protectóra; protectriz,/. Protend', гя. extender; sostener. Protervity, ». protervidad,/, Pro'test, ». protesta,/. ; protesto, ra. Protest', га», protestar ; atestar . Pro'test of a bill, ». protesto da úna létra, m. Prot'estant, ». adj. protestánte.
Alfred Elwes, 1854
8
ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
progeria, 307 progerin, 307 prolapse, 307 prolix, 307 prosopagnosis, 307 prosophobia, 307 prosopolethy, 308 prostatism, 308 prostatomegaly, 308 prosthesis, 308 prosthodontics/prosthodontia, 308 protervity, 308 Prufrockian, 309 prurient, ...
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
9
The North American Review
... rhetorical patriot needs to disturb himself with the fear, that all which Mr. Quincy has recorded of Hancock's protervity will rob of its slightest grace what uses to be justly said in his praise, in the Fourth of July orations. With all its good ...
‎1841
10
Revelations of Spain in 1845, by an English resident [T.M. ...
banquets in which, though speeches are, by a strange protervity of judgment ( some will say with great sagacity), excluded, a vast number of toasts are drunk, and barrels exhausted — for at every brindis the glass i6 as religiously emptied as ...
Terence McMahon Hughes, 1845

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