sordid
/ˈsɔːdəd/SAWR-duhd
/ˈsɔɹdəd/SAWR-duhd
Meaningdirty
Common meaning: dirty
Other meanings: morally squalid
- sorddirt; dirtyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1732 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
Journey through time
- Latinsordēs; sordidus‘dirt’
- Frenchsordide
- Englishsordid‘dirty’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin sordēs; sordidus ‘dirt; dirty’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SORDID, p. 574 · dictionary scan
Roots
- sordēs; sordidus Latin “dirt; dirty”
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