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turbid

English

Etymology

From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (disturbed), from turba (mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?t??(?)b?d/

Adjective

turbid (comparative more turbid, superlative most turbid)

  1. (of a liquid) Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear.
    • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XXIII [Uniform ed., p. 217]:
      He perceived more clearly the cruelty of Nature, to whom our refinement and piety are but as bubbles, hurrying downwards on the turbid waters.
    Synonyms: confused, cloudy, disordered, disturbed, droff, roiled
  2. Smoky or misty.
    Synonyms: fumid, hazy; see also Thesaurus:nebulous
  3. Unclear; confused; obscure.
    Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible, Thesaurus:vague

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Further reading

  • turbid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • turbid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • turbid at OneLook Dictionary Search

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turbidness

English

Etymology

turbid +? -ness

Noun

turbidness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being turbid.

Synonyms

  • turbidity

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