turpitude

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”).

There was no turpitude which was not sacred on that day. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
O Turpitude, where are the charms that sages have seen in thy face? — Unnatural death, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers
Or do you are fond better what belongs they moderns pleasure turpitude of old mans? — Ulysses, James Joyce

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