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turpitudes

turpitudes is the plural of turpitude.

Meaning of turpitude

Noun

turpitude (countable and uncountable, plural turpitudes)

  1. Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
    • As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  2. An act evident of such depravity.

Questions about turpitudes

What is turpitudes the plural of?
Turpitudes is the plural of turpitude.

Words near turpitudes in the dictionary

  1. Turpinesque
  2. Turpinian
  3. turpins
  4. turpit
  5. turpitude
  6. turpitudes
  7. turpitudinous
  8. turps
  9. turpsier
  10. turpsiest
  11. turpsy

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