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perverse (adj.) cam, camlaagagh, camlâgagh, frourtagh, frowartagh, noi-freihagh, roonagh, foalsey; noi'n troa: He is always perverse - T'eh goll dy kinjagh noi'n troa. DF idiom
frourtagh See frowartagh froward, perverse, perverse person: Ta ny mee-chrauee frourtagh Bible; freak, freakish
disputings (npl.) pleadeilyn: Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds - Pleadeilyn camlâgagh deiney dy aignaghyn neu-ghlen Bible
cam bent, cam, crooked, deceitful, deformed, intricate, knotty, perverse, rakish, rakish angle, wry: t’eh er n’yannoo ny chassanyn cam Bible; wrong
foalsey (=Ir. falsa) affected, bogus, counterfeit, dud, dummy, ersatz, fallacious, false, feigned, forged, hypocritical, perfidious, pinchbeck, sham, spurious, suppositious, tinsel, two-faced, unlawful, perverse, unfaithful, untrue, wicked: t'ad fockley magh diu ashlish foalsey Bible; (of victory) hollow; (as note) wrong; wily; deceitfully
frowartagh perverse, stubborn: M'eddin neem's y hyndaa voue, as heeym cre'n erree hig orroo: son sheeloghe feer frowartagh ad, cloan nagh vel veg y treisht orroo. Bible
roonagh ill intentioned, malicious, malignant, perverse, runic, secret, stubborn, vicious, vindictive: Eshyn ta jeh cree roonagh, cha vow eh veg y vie Bible; froward; unruly; wayward; untoward
camlaagagh 1 (person) crook; 2 illicit, morally crooked, obstinate, tortuous: ayns mean sheeloghe camlaagagh Bible; 3 perverse a: hie mish magh dy hassoo dt’oï, son dy vel dty raad camlaagagh ayns my hilley Bible; 4 crooked a: e laue t’er chummey yn ard-nieu camlaagagh Bible; 5 froward a: Bee cree camlaagagh er n’eiyrt ass m’enish Bible
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