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prettygoodword) wrote2006-02-01 07:19 am
prettygoodword) wrote2006-02-01 07:19 am
turpitude
turpitude - n., depravity, inherent baseness or vileness; a base act.
Via French, from Latin turpitudo, from turpis, foul, base; the Online Etymological Dictionary suggests that this is perhaps originally "what one turns away from" (cf. L. trepit "he turns"). Gotta watch out for that moral turpitude.
---L.
Via French, from Latin turpitudo, from turpis, foul, base; the Online Etymological Dictionary suggests that this is perhaps originally "what one turns away from" (cf. L. trepit "he turns"). Gotta watch out for that moral turpitude.
---L.