Noah Webster
Sordid
SOR'DID, adjective [Latin sordidus, form sordes, filth.]
1. Filthy; foul; dirty; gross. There Charon stands a sordid god. [This literal sense is nearly obsolete.]
2. Vile; base; mean; as vulgar, sordid mortals.
3. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. He may be old and yet not sordid who refuses gold.