Both Uses of
perverse
in
Gulliver's Travels
- But the success has not hitherto been answerable, partly by some error in the quantum or composition, and partly by the perverseness of lads, to whom this bolus is so nauseous, that they generally steal aside, and discharge it upwards, before it can operate; neither have they been yet persuaded to use so long an abstinence, as the prescription requires.†
Chpt 3
- Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
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(perverse) not what is expected, or considered proper
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired