Category:Sordid

Sor"did, a. Etym: [l. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or dirty; Probably akin to e. swart: cf. F. sordide. See swart, a.]

1. Filthy; foul; dirty. [obs.] A sordid god; down from his hoary chin a length of beard descends, Uncombed, unclean. Dryden.

2. Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. "to scorn the Sordid world." Milton.

3. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. He may be old, and yet sordid, who refuses gold. Sir j. Denham.