Sor"did (?), a. [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.
Sor"did (?), a. [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.
