·adj Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
II. Perverse ·adj Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
perversē (pervorsē), adv., v. perverto, P. a. fin. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
perverse (pervorsē) adv.perversus, awry, wrongly, ill : dicere: uti deorum beneficio. ...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary