The Only Use of
perverse
in
Romeo and Juliet
- O gentle Romeo, If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully: Or if thou thinkest I am too quickly won, I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo: but else, not for the world.†
Scene 2.2
Definition:
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(perverse) not what is expected, or considered proper
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired