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turpitudinous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
turpi-tudi-nous
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterized by turpitude.

Etymology

From Latin turpitūdin(is) + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more turpitudinous (comparative) most turpitudinous (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

turpid turpidly turpitude

Questions

What does turpitudinous mean?
Characterized by turpitude.
Where does turpitudinous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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