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Latin

-idus

having a quality or being in a state

Forms

  • -idus
  • -id — The Latin ending shortened in English.

Origin

A Latin descriptive ending often associated with a state or condition.

Note

It describes a quality rather than a separate action.

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A close view of a filthy, dilapidated washroom corner: a cracked basin with a brown grime ring, a leaking pipe dripping into stagnant dirty water, and a sodden rag among accumulated floor muck.
adjective

sordid

SOR-did/ˈsɔːrdɪd/

Filthy and degraded in condition.

Etymology
sordLatinto be dirty or shabby
+idLatinhaving a quality or being in a state

Being dirty supplies an image for moral baseness: conduct can be filthy without involving literal dirt. The Latin adjective already covered both physical foulness and the figurative sense of being vile or base.

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