turbid \TUR-bid\ (adjective) - 1 : Muddy; thick with or as if with roiled sediment; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind. 2 : Thick; dense; dark; -- used of clouds, air, fog, smoke, etc. 3 : Disturbed; confused; disordered. "And he had a friend, a Slow- Solid Tortoise, who lived on the banks of the turbid Amazon, eating green lettuces and things." -- Rudyard Kipling, 'Just-So Stories' Turbid comes from Latin turbidus, "confused, disordered," from turba, "disturbance, commotion." |
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