Word of the Day: Turpitude

turpitude

tur-pi-tude / tûr-pĭ-to͞od, tûr-pĭ –tyo͞od

noun

1. depravity; moral corruption; vileness

The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.

Major Taylor, 1878 – 1932

2. a depraved act or practice

Multiple turpitudes were committed but in the dark.

From “Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern” by Edgar Saltus, 1855 – 1921