Sordidity

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /sɔːˈdɪdɪti/

Origin

From sordid + -ity, perhaps after French sorditité.

Full definition of sordidity

Noun

1. (rare) Sordidness.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p. 283:are they not from this fountain of covetousness, that greediness in getting, tenacity in keeping, sordidity in spending?