different between seamy vs turpitude

English

Etymology

seam +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?mi/

Adjective

seamy (comparative seamier, superlative seamiest)

1. Sordid, squalid or corrupt.
   • 2013, Sam Jones and Shiv Malik Lou Reed, lead singer of Velvet Undergound, dies aged 71, The Guardian Online

     Lou Reed, lead singer of the Velvet Underground, veteran chronicler of life's wilder, seamier and more desperate side and one of the most influential and distinctive songwriters of his generation has died at the age of 71.

   • 1987, David Brin, The Uplift War, Phantasia Press

     She just hadn't been aware, having considered such tales rather seamy while growing up.

2. Having or showing a seam.

Derived terms

• seaminess

Anagrams

• Mayes, Mayse, aymes, samey, syame

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpit?d? (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”).

Noun

turpitude (countable and uncountable, plural turpitudes)

1. Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
2. An act evident of such a depravity.

Derived terms

• moral turpitude

Related terms

• turpid
• turpidly
• turpitudinous

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turpit?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty?.pi.tyd/

Noun

turpitude f (plural turpitudes)

1. turpitude (depravity, wickedness)
2. turpitude (depraved or wicked act)

Further reading

• “turpitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).