turpidadj.
rare.
Base, filthy, worthless.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [adjective] > decayed or decaying
sleepy1790
mosy1804
turpid1866
specked1882
dozy1923
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > abjectly cowardly
recrayedc1330
recreantc1330
craven?a1400
poor1425
currishc1460
fazart1508
soulless1568
dastardly1576
beastly1584
dastard1595
low-spirited1598
peaking1611
white meata1625
cur-like1627
snivelling1647
cravenly1653
base-mettled1681
niding1755
poltroonish1801
niddering1819
turn-tail1861
turpid1867
cold-footed1944
Charley1954
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Turpid, filthy.
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Georgics ii. 60 But fruit degenerates,—its flavour lost, The turpid grapes are left to birds or frost.
1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 44 Smitten with turpid fear.
Derivatives
ˈturpidly adv.
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adverb]
arghlyc1000
faintly1297
cowardlyc1380
coward-like1587
pusillanimously1602
hen-heartedly1799
turpidly1866
lily-liveredly1929
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti vi. 623 The female crew..Turned turpidly and fled.
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