What does "sordid" mean?
Sordid: Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. "To scorn the sordid world." Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. He may be old, And yet sordid, who refuses gold. Sir J. Denham.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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