a. Obs. [f. L. sordid-us dirty, abject, base: see -OUS.] Sordid, in various senses.
1602. F. Hering, Anatomyes, 3. The abiect and sordidous scumme, and refuse of the people.
1610. G. Carleton, Jurisdiction, 217. Those sordidous censures to punish sinne with pecuniary mulcts.
Comb. 1608. Topsell, Serpents (1658), 813. This pusillanimous and sordidous minded man Harpalion.
b. Of an ulcer: = SORDID a. 1 b.
1608. Topsell, Serpents, 311. The ashes of Earth-Wormes duely prepared, cleanseth Sordi[d]ous, stinking, and rotten Vlcers.
