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Latin
Etymology
From sordeō + -idus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sordidus (feminine sordida, neuter sordidum, comparative sordidior, superlative sordidissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- dirty, filthy, nasty
- Synonyms: incestus, impūrus
- Antonyms: pūrus, putus, absolūtus
- of poor, mean, base quality, low-brow
- Synonyms: modicus, ignōbilis, humilis, abiectus, dēmissus
- Antonyms: altus, sublimis, excelsus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “sordidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sordidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sordidus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sordidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sordidus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 108