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.†p. 74.4
Definition:
not what is expected, or considered proper
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired