turpĭtūdo (noun F) : turpis
* Ugliness, unsightliness, foulness, deformity (syn. deformitas).
* Lit. (very rare): an est ullum malum majus turpitudine?Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105: virtutis laude turpitudinem tegere,App. Mag. p. 283, 9.
* Trop., baseness, shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitude (syn.: obscenitas, dedecus): ut nullum probrum, nullum facinus, nulla turpitudo ab accusatore obiceretur,Cic. Font. 16, 37: quanta erit turpitudo, quantum dedecus, quanta labes,id. Phil. 7, 5, 15: turpitudinem atque infamiam delere ac tollere,Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 49; id. Fin. 3, 11, 38: si omnia fugiendae turpitudinis adipiscendaeque honestatis causā faciemus,id. Tusc. 2, 27, 66; cf.: fuga turpitudinis, appetentia laudis et honestatis,id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: (divitiis) abuti per turpitudinem,Sall. C. 13, 2: cum summā turpitudine in exsilio aetatem agere,id. ib. 58, 12: populo turpitudinem et impudentiam exprobrare,Suet. Aug. 42: verborum,Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 242: ut turpitudinem fugae virtute delerent,Caes. B. G. 2, 27: generis,Quint. 3, 7, 19: pristinae vitae,Gell. 18, 3, 3.—Plur.: propter flagitiorum ac turpitudinum societatem,fellowship in vile practices,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107; v. also turpido.