turpitude
pronunciation
How to pronounce turpitude in British English:
UK [ˈtɜ:pɪtju:d]
How to pronounce turpitude in American English:
US [ˈtɜrpətud]
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- Noun:
- a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
Word Origin
- turpitude (n.)
- "depravity, infamy," late 15c., from Middle French turpitude (early 15c.), from Latin turpitudinem (nominative turpitudo) "baseness," from turpis "vile, physically ugly, base, unsightly," figuratively "morally ugly, scandalous, shameful," of unknown origin. Klein suggests perhaps originally "what one turns away from" (compare Latin trepit "he turns").
Example
- 1. What is moral turpitude , an ethical lapse , but a soilingof one 's character ?
- 2. She accused him of gross moral turpitude .
- 3. Crime involving moral turpitude or not involving moral turpitude .
- 4. How do your moral turpitude , I also unmoved .
- 5. Inflation hawks are puritans obsessing over monetary turpitude and the debasement of the currency .