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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sordidus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sordide (plural sordides)
- sordid
- squalid
- sleazy
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Adjective
sordide
- feminine plural of sordido
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
sordide
- 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.