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tur·pi·tude    Audio Help   [tur-pi-tood, -tyood] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
2.a vile or depraved act.
[Origin: 1480–90; < L turpitūdō, equiv. to turpi(s) base, vile + -tūdō -tude]

—Synonyms 1. wickedness, vice, vileness, wrongdoing.
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tur·pi·tude    Audio Help   (tûr'pĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Depravity; baseness.
  2. A base act.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin turpitūdō, from turpis, shameful.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
turpitude 
"depravity, infamy," 1490, from M.Fr. turpitude (1417), from L. turpitudinem (nom. turpitudo) "baseness," from turpis "vile, ugly, base, shameful," used in both the moral and the physical senses; of unknown origin. Perhaps originally "what one turns away from" (cf. L. trepit "he turns").

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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turpitude

noun
a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: depravity] 

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: tur·pi·tude
Pronunciation: 't&r-p&-"tüd, -"tyüd
Function: noun
: inherent baseness or depravity; also : a base act

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Turpitude

Tur"pi*tude\, n. [L. turpitudo, from turpis foul, base.] Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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