TURPITUDE

PRONUNCIATION: (TUHR-pee-tood/tyood)

MEANING: noun: Depravity or baseness, or an instance of this.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin turpitudo (ugliness, disgrace), from turpis (disgraceful, base). Earliest documented use: 1490.
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BURPITUDE - the tendency of a foodstuff or beverage to cause eructation

TAR-PIT-UDE - propensity to catch animals and preserve them intact for future generations thousands of years later, like e.g. La Brea in Los Angeles

T.U.R.P.-ITUDE - a Urologist's feelings about Trans-Urethral Prostate Resection surgery