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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”).
Pronunciation
Noun
turpitude (countable and uncountable, plural turpitudes)
- Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: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.
- An act evident of such depravity.
Derived terms
Translations
inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness
act evident of such a depravity
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turpitūdō.
Pronunciation
Noun
turpitude f (plural turpitudes)
- turpitude (depravity, wickedness)
- turpitude (depraved or wicked act)
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