turn Turk

English

Verb

turn Turk (third-person singular simple present turns Turk, present participle turning Turk, simple past and past participle turned Turk)

1. To go to the bad; to become hopelessly obstinate.
2. (obsolete) To convert to Islam.
   • 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, Rebecca and Rowena:

     "She wants to be a princess, and has turned Turk," roared the rabbis.