"turpitude" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)pɪtjuːd/ [UK], /ˈtɜɹpətuːd/ [US] Audio: En-us-turpitude.oga Forms: turpitudes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|turpitude}} Middle French turpitude, {{der|en|la|turpitūdō||baseness, infamy}} Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} turpitude (countable and uncountable, plural turpitudes)
  1. Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness): низост (nizost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), подлост (podlost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), turpitude [feminine] (French), Verderbtheit [feminine] (German), Schändlichkeit [feminine] (German), Verworfenheit [feminine] (German), ни́зость (nízostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), развращённость (razvraščónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-turpitude-en-noun-heP-FwkJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 75 6 6 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness': 94 6
  2. An act evident of such depravity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act evident of such a depravity): turpitude [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-turpitude-en-noun-cMKrKeKG Disambiguation of 'act evident of such a depravity': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moral turpitude Related terms: turpid, turpidly, turpitudinous

Inflected forms

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