sordide

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sordidus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔʁ.did/
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  • Rhymes: -id

Adjective

sordide (plural sordides)

  1. sordid
  2. squalid
  3. sleazy

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

sordide

  1. feminine plural of sordido

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

sordide

  1. vocative masculine singular of sordidus

References

  • sordide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sordide”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sordide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.