turpitude
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turpitude
- /ˈtɜː(ɹ)pɪtjuːd/ UK
- /ˈtɜɹpətuːd/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”).
noun turpitudes
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Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.
Similar: degeneracy, perversion, wickedness, baseness, corruption, defilement, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity
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An act evident of such depravity.
Similar: depravity, outrage, wickedness, atrocity, infamy, iniquity, turpitude, wrong
Translations
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noun act evident of such a depravity
| Français | turpitude |
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noun inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness
| Français | turpitude |
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| Deutsch | Verderbtheit, Schändlichkeit, Verworfenheit |
| Русский | ни́зость nízostʹ, развращённость razvraščónnostʹ |
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