sordid

English Notes: 

sordid details
all the sordid details

English Description: 

Etym. online:
early 15c., "festering," from Latin sordidus "dirty, filthy, foul, vile, mean, base," from sordere "be dirty, be shabby," related to sordes "dirt, filth," ... Sense of "foul, low, mean" first recorded 1610s. Related: Sordidly; sordidness.

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