A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1630-1655
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Sordid, adj. [e.m.E. sordid (1596), F. sordide (c1363 in Larousse), L. sordid-.] a. Menial, base. b. transf. Tainted by corruption; calculated or arrived at in a base or deceitful way. —a. c1630 Balfour Her. Tracts 24.
The exercisse of Mercatour wth a small stocke is euer reputted wyle and sordid —b. 1655 Glasg. Univ. Mun. II 324.
Lest the schollages and honoraries foresaid should either be sordid and dishonest or exorbitant it is ordained the rates shal be 12 s. Scots ilk quarter for the primares [etc.]
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