English → Latin
“foulness” in Latin
immunditiadirt, untidiness; foulness; lust, wantonnessspurcitiafilth, dirtfoeditāsfoulness, filthiness; horridness, hideousness, ugliness, deformitydēdecusdisgrace, dishonor, infamy, shame, discredit.; That which causes shame; a disgrace, blot, blemish.; A shameful act; viceflāgitiumdisgraceful or shameful action, deed, or crime; scandal; shame, disgrace, outrageimmānitāsimmensity, vastness, excess; monstrousness, enormity, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism, savageness, inhumanity, frightfulnfacinusdeed, action, doing; adventure, venture, undertaking; crime, wickedness, evil deed
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
foulness
immunditia (as quality; opposed to munditia): spurcitia or spurcities (not Cic., Varr.).
Vileness, turpitude: foeditas: obscoenitas: dedecus: flagitium: immanitas (the terrible enormity; e.g., facinoris).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for foulness?
- The usual Latin words for “foulness” are immunditia, spurcitia, foeditās; also dēdecus, flāgitium, immānitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.