wretchedness or squalor; sordidness
Origin of sordor
Modern Latin from Classical Latin sordes, filth: see sordidsordor
sor·dor
noun
- An example of sordor is the day to day life of an orphan in a big city.
- An example of sordor is the shelter of a homeless person.
Sordor is defined as a state of being very dirty or depressingly poor.
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Origin
Possibly from an unattested Latin *sordor, or by back formation of a noun from sordidus (“dirty, vile").
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