Sôr'did, a.

a. [Lat. sordidus, from sordere, to be filthy or dirty; Fr. sordide, Pr. sordei, Sp. & It. sordido.] 1. Filthy; foul; dirty; gross. [Obs.] There Charon stands, A sordid god. Dryden.

2. Vile; base; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. “To scorn the sordid world.” Shak.
3. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.

He may be old, And yet not sordid, who refuses gold. Denham. Syn.—Filthy; foul; dirty; gross; vile; base; avaricious; covetous; niggardly.