indecent Copy link Outline 1. turpis, e2. obscaenus • indecent: 1. turpis, e: an unsightly and i. appearance, aspectus deformis atque t., Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126: what could be more i. than such conduct? what more disgusting? quid hoc turpius? quid foedius? Cic. Ph. 2, 34, 86: an i. expression, t. verbum, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 19. 2. obscaenus: v. obscene. See also indecorous, unbecoming.