Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Muddy; turbid; thick.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Muddy; turbid; thick.

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  • adjective pertaining to mud, muddy

Etymologies

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From Latin lutulentus ("dirty, impure"), from lutum ("mud, dirt")

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Examples

  • The second most annoying thing is the unbelievable verbosity of style - the river Don is described as "lutulent" when Turpin crosses it, and I have no idea what that word means.

    May Books 12) Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth nwhyte 2010

  • Concerning themselves little about their own steeds, the party took those which first offered, and embarking man and horse in the boat, soon pushed across the waters of the lutulent Don.

    Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843

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  • "... a downwardtending lutulent reality ..."

    Joyce, Ulysses, 14

    January 20, 2007

  • His campaign is nasty and lutulent;

    In Donald's discourse is brute intent.

    With so much mud flung

    A portion has clung

    To judge by the lingering putrid scent.

    April 1, 2016