Definition for SOR'DID-NESS

SOR'DID-NESS, n.

  1. Filthiness; dirtiness. – Ray.
  2. Meanness; baseness; as, the execrable sordidness of if delight of Tiberius. – Cowley.
  3. Niggardliness.

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