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sordid

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  1. mean                  
 
sor.did \'so.rd-*d\ aj [L sordidus, fr. sordes dirt - more at SWART] 1a: 
   DIRTY, FILTHY  1b: WRETCHED, SQUALID  2: marked by baseness or grossness : 
   VILE {~ motives}  3: meanly avaricious : COVETOUS  4: of a dull or muddy 
   color  - sor.did.ly av