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ˈturpid, a. rare.
[irreg. f. L. turp-is ugly, unsightly, foul, disgraceful + -id, after torpid, etc.]
Base, filthy, worthless. Hence ˈturpidly adv.
1623Cockeram, Turpid, filthy. 1866J. B. Rose tr. Virg. Georg. ii. 60 But fruit degenerates,—its flavour lost, The turpid grapes are left to birds or frost. 1867― æneid 44 Smitten with turpid fear. 1866― tr. Ovid's Fasti vi. 623 The female crew..Turned turpidly and fled. |