† sordidousadj.
Obsolete. in combination.1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 309 This pusillanimous and sordidous minded man Harpalion.
a. Sordid, in various senses.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adjective]
theowlikec1175
wickc1175
wretcha1200
lechera1300
vilea1300
feeblea1325
brothely1330
caitiffa1400
roinousa1425
basec1450
harlotry1486
filthy1533
brockish1546
vild1568
tinkerly?1576
scabbed?1577
miscreant1593
unnoble1593
slavish1597
rascally1600
roguish1601
sordidous1602
facinoriousa1616
scullion1658
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
scoundrel1681
scabby1712
verminating1720
small1824
low-down1865
verminiferous1895
ragtime1917
ribby1936
raunchy1937
scungy1966
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > morally sordid
sordidous1602
sordid1636
seedy1725
sleazy1941
sleazoid1976
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > morally sordid > specifically of actions, habits, etc.
sordidous1602
sordid1611
1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 3 The abiect and sordidous scumme, and refuse of the people.
1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. 217 Those sordidous censures to punish sinne with pecuniary mulcts.
b. Of an ulcer: = sordid adj. 1b.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > discharge of putrid matter
gleeting1527
running1535
mattering1547
sordid1597
sordidous1608
ichorous1651
ichorose1710
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 311 The ashes of Earth-Wormes duely prepared, cleanseth Sordi [d] ous, stinking and rotten Vlcers.
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