Polish

edit
 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Latin turpis + -izm.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˈtur.pizm/
  • Rhymes: -urpizm
  • Syllabification: tur‧pizm

Noun

edit

turpizm m inan

  1. (art, literature) a literary and artistic device that employs ugly and unaesthetic elements in order to create aesthetic shock

Declension

edit
edit
adjective
nouns

Further reading

edit
  • turpizm in Polish dictionaries at PWN