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单词 turpitude
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turpituden.

/ˈtəːpɪtjuːd/
Forms: Also Middle English turpytude.
Etymology: < French turpitude (a1417 in Godefroy Compl.), or directly < Latin turpitūdo , < turpis base: see -tude suffix.
1.
a. Base or shameful character; baseness, vileness; depravity, wickedness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun]
rusteOE
vice1297
corrumpciona1340
infectiona1398
corruptiona1400
foulinga1400
viciousness1440
inquination1447
turpitude1490
intoxicationa1513
pravitya1513
bracery1540
insincerity1548
corruptness1561
sophistication1564
faultiness1571
depravation1577
base-mindedness1582
mangling1585
reprobacy1591
uninnocence1593
vitiosity1603
turkessing1612
reprobancea1616
debauchedness1618
tortuosity1621
depravedness1623
deboistness1628
debauchness1640
depravity1646
corruptedness1648
moral turpitude1660
unprincipledness1792
demoralization1797
erosion1804
miscreancy1804
trituration1832
unwholesomeness1881
ne'er-do-wellism1891
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > perversity or depravity
wharfedlaikc1175
obliquity?c1425
turpitude1490
perversenessa1500
pravitya1513
pervertness1581
beastlinessa1618
depravedness1623
depravity1646
moral turpitude1660
depravation1728
miscreancy1804
pervertedness1828
obliqueness1877
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxii. 83 In sygne of vengaunce of the dethe of hys fader, And turpytude dyshonest of clytemnestra his moder.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 241 All maner of conceites that stirre vp any vehement passion in a man, doo it by some turpitude or euill and vndecency that is in them.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. vi. 33 How would'st thou haue payed My better seruice, when my turpitude Thou dost so Crowne with Gold. View more context for this quotation
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxix. 137–8 Paraphr.) 609 Those which have a natural turpitude and indispensable sinfulnesse in them.
a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 25 Some for their Turpitude had Shame, And Terrors of infernal Flame.
1794 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 261 Indignation and horror at the infatuated turpitude of some of the allied powers.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 402 The artists corrupted the spectators, and the spectators the artists, till the turpitude of the drama became such as must astonish all who are not aware that extreme relaxation is the natural effect of extreme restraint.
1879 Temple Bar Oct. 172 A career great from the historical importance of the period..but inglorious and almost without a parallel in recent times for moral turpitude and unscrupulous self-seeking.
b. With a and plural. An instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [noun] > instance
ungooda1250
wickednessa1325
villainy1377
turpitude1597
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed
misdeedeOE
murderOE
harmOE
un-i-selthlOE
ungooda1250
wickednessa1325
illa1340
untetchea1375
villainy1377
wretchednessc1380
misdoingc1460
malefice1591
turpitude1597
meschantery1634
misactiona1667
naughtiness1789
wrongdoing1874
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 28 Every Christian ought..to lament to se suche turpitudes.
1607 R. Pricket Ld. Coke his Speech & Charge sig. Ciii Partialitie in a Iudge, is a Turpitude, which doth soyle and stayne all the Actions done by him.
1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 71 A picture in which all deformities and turpitudes are plaistered over with the most brilliant colours.
1833 T. Chalmers On Power Wisdom & Goodness of God I. iii. 145 Temptation to a turpitude or a crime.
1913 19th Cent. Aug. 393 The minor offences and turpitudes which are condemned in the court of conscience.
c. Rendering Latin turpitudo of the Vulgate: ‘nakedness’; ‘shame’. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun]
shamec725
vergoyne1484
turpitude1570
ashamedness1615
shamefacedness1641
shamefastness1646
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 157/2 The holy lawe of God forbiddeth to reueale the turpitude of thy blood or kyndred.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 157/2 Thou shalt not reueale the turpitude of thy father.
2. in literal sense: Foulness, offensiveness, unsightliness. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [noun]
foulnessOE
uncleannessOE
filthheadc1300
foulhead1340
filtha1425
filthiness?c1425
horynessc1425
uncleanliness1502
immundicity?1541
filthhood1582
dirtiness1607
slovenliness1617
muckiness1676
turpitude1684
muck1766
dirt1774
grot1971
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 719 This Medicin helps notably any cutaneous turpitude whatsoever.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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