This week’s theme
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This week’s words
tenebrous
swidden
turbid
prolegomenon
fructuous

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(TUHR-bid)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Unclear; opaque.
2. Dark or dense, as smog or clouds.
3. Confused or muddled.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin turba (turmoil, crowd). Earliest documented use: 1626. Not to be confused with turgid.

USAGE:

“But by the turbid standards of corporate Africa, the company is clean.”
Africa Calling; The Economist (London, UK); Jun 5, 2008.

See more usage examples of turbid in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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