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He seeks in vain to occupy his days with rural pursuits,he to whom the excitements of a metropolis, with all its corruption and its vices, were the sole sources of the turpid stream that he called "pleasure."
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turpid — turpíd adj. m., pl. turpízi; f. sg. turpídă, pl. turpíde Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic TURPÍD, Ă adj. ruşinos, imoral, nedemn. (< fr. turpide) … Dicționar Român
turpid — … Useful english dictionary
turpidly — adverb In a turpid manner. See Also: turpid, turpitude, turpitudinous … Wiktionary
Ysätters-Kajsa — was a wind troll , that people used to believe in, in the Swedish province of Närke. She was probably the only one of her kind in Scandinavia.The Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf immortalised Ysätters Kajsa in her famous novel The Wonderful… … Wikipedia
turpitude — noun a) Inherent baseness or depravity; corruptness and evilness. The delinquent juvenile was guilty of moral turpitude. b) An act evident of such a depravity. See Also: turpid … Wiktionary
turpitudinous — adjective Characterized by turpitude. See Also: turpid, turpidly, turpitude … Wiktionary
dreggy — a. Muddy, turpid, dirty, feculent, foul … New dictionary of synonyms
black — adj 1. dark, pitch black, coal black, jet, jetty; ebony, ebon, raven, sable; inky, pitchy, nigritu dinous, atramentous; blackish, nigrescent, swarthy, swart, dark skinned. 2.Negro, Negroid, colored, Afro American, Afra merican; Negrito, Papuan,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
evil — adj 1. wicked, sinful, iniquitous, Archaic. facinorous, Obs. scelerous; nefarious, villainous, flagitious, heinous, infamous, Rare. nefast; blackhearted, sinister, arrant, ignoble; bad, base, vile, foul, low, mean, odious, obnoxious; abominable,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
nefarious — adj 1. wicked, evil, sinful, iniquitous, Archaic. facinorous, Obs. scelerous; villainous, flagitious, heinous, infamous, notorious, Rare. nefast; black hearted, sinister, arrant, ignoble; bad, base, vile, foul, low, mean, odious, obnoxious;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
