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Webster 1913 Edition

Protervity

Pro-ter′vi-ty

,

Noun.

[L.

protervitas

, from

protervus

violent.]

Peevishness; petulance.

[Obs.]

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Webster 1828 Edition

Protervity

PROTERV'ITY

,

Noun.

[L.protervitas, from protervus; pro and torvus, crabbed.] Peevishness; petulance. [Little used.]