7 June 2015
turbid
[tur-bid]
adjective
1. not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
the turbid waters near the waterfall.
2. thick or dense, as smoke or clouds.
3. confused; muddled; disturbed.
Origin of turbid
Latin
1620-1630; < Latin turbidus disturbed, equivalent to turb (āre) to disturb (derivative of turba turmoil) + -idus -id4
Related forms
turbidity, turbidness, noun
turbidly, adverb
unturbid, adjective
unturbidly, adverb
Can be confused
torpid, turbid, turgid.
Synonyms
1. murky, cloudy, roiled, muddy.
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Anagram
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Today’s quote
The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.
– Carl Jung
On this day
7 June 1099 – the First Crusade: Siege of Jerusalem begins.
7 June 1893 – Mohandas Gandhi commits his first act of civil disobedience.
7 June 1929 – The Lateran Treaty is ratified by the Italian Parliament, allowing Vatican City to become an independent sovereign state.
7 June 1954 – death of Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer scientist. Turing is considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. He invented the ‘Turing machine’ which formulated the computer algorithm. It’s the forerunner for the modern computer. During World War 2, Turing was instrumental in cracking German messages encrypted by the Enigma machine. Sadly, Turing’s achievements were overshadowed by him being charged with gross indecency after admitting to being in a homosexual relationship. On 31 March 1952, following his guilty plea, he was chemically castrated. Two years later, on 7 June 1954,Turing took his own life with cyanide. On 10 September 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown publicly apologised on behalf of the British Government for the ‘appalling way he was treated’. On 23 December 2013, Queen Elizabeth II issued a posthumous royal pardon, clearing Turing of the charge of gross indecency. Born 23 June 1912.
7 June 1975 – the inaugural World Cup cricket match is held in London.