Tuesday 10th May 2016
Turpitude \ [tur-pi-tood,
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noun
1. vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
2. a vile or depraved act.
Quote
Ancient Romans waxed lyrical about Arcadia, a mythical bucolic escape from the ills of urban life: money-making, crime, pollution, disease and, of course, luxury and
the moral turpitude that goes with it.
Wade Graham, "Are we greening our cities, or just green washing them?"
Los Angeles Times March 6, 2016
Origin
Turpitude finds its roots in the Latin term turpis meaning "base, vile." It entered English in the late 1400’s.
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