English
turpid
Turpid comes from Latin turpis ‘ugly, unsightly’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEturpis‘ugly, unsightly’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856turpid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEturpis‘ugly, unsightly’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856turpid
Earliest quotation: 1856, Gustave Flaubert: “[...] things absurd in themselves, and completely opposed, moreover,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *trep- ‘to turn’
trophy, thrive, trope, intrepid, tropic, trepidation, troubadour, contrive, 31 more
Today it means
adj Foul; base; wicked; morally depraved.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin turpis / turpid