turbid

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.? Latin turba Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin turbidusbor. Middle English turbide English turbid From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).

1. Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid)

   “turbid water”

   “turbid wine”

2. Smoky or misty.

   “Towards the last I increased the heat, and by that means produced a very turbid air, of which I collected a prodigious quantity.”

   “Involuntarily, he stepped behind some alder brush off the trail. Another flutter of wind thinning the turbid mist.”

3. Unclear; confused; obscure.

   “Motion, to take a good example, is originally a turbid sensation, of which the native shape is perhaps best preserved in the phenomenon of vertigo.”

   “Those turbid emotions swirled inside him again—part frustration, part anxiety.”