English
Etymology
From L. turpis
Adjective
turpid
- foul|Foul; base; wicked.
Quotations
1853: w:Edward Bulwer-Lytton|Edward Bulwer-Lytton, My Novel
1856: w:Gustave Flaubert|Gustave Flaubert, w:Madame Bovary|Madame Bovary, as translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
1955: w:Vladimir Nabokov|Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
Related terms
turpidly
turpitude
turpitudinous
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