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Meaning of protervity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness

countable, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Français protervité
Italiano protervità

Examples

“A vain and frail protervity, an envious prattling.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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