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** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Adjective
[en]
1. Having the order or direction changed ; for example, turned upside down , reverse d [,] or in any other way opposite or contrary .
2. * [en]
3. [en] Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher .
4. [en] Having its polarization change d by hydrolysis ; see invert sugar .
5. [en] [homosexual] , in terms of the sexual inversion theory.
6. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1927 | author=Havelock Ellis | title=Studies in the Psychology of Sex | volume=2 | url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13611/13611-h/13611-h.htm
|passage=Among the Normans, everywhere, homosexuality was markedly prevalent;
the spread of sodomy in France about the eleventh century is attributed to the
Normans, and their coming seems to have rendered it at times almost
fashionable, at all events at court. In England, William Rufus was
undoubtedly INVERTED, as later on were Edward II, James I, and, perhaps,
though not in so conspicuous a degree, William III.}}
1. [en] Assumed to be transgender , in the terms of transvestigation . [from 2010s]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|invertedly|invertedness|noninverted|pseudoinverted|uninverted
|inverted river delta|inverted row |inverted pyramid |inverted breve |inverted
caret |inverted circumflex |inverted comma |inverted exclamation point
|inverted hat |inverted index |inverted Jenny |inverted pall |inverted
pentagram |inverted question mark |inverted snobbery |inverted sugar |inverted
totalitarianism |pall inverted |inverted interrobang }}
**** Translations
[upside down]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Latin: [la]
- Malay: [ms]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
*** References
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:Webster 1913]
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