n. Disarrangement; disturbance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inordinate; disorderly. [ Obs. ] “With disordinate gestures.” Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Inordinately. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Wrong ordination. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to E. swart: cf. F. sordide. See Swart, a. ]
A sordid god; down from his hoary chin
A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
He may be old,
And yet sordid, who refuses gold. Sir J. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Sordidness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a sordid manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being sordid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ It. sordina, sordino, from sordo deaf, dull-sounding, L. surdus. See Surd. ] (Mus.) See Damper, and 5th Mute. [ 1913 Webster ]