squalidus

squālidus adj.with comp.

2 CAL-, stiff, rough, dirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalid : homo, T.: corpora, L.: carcer, O.: siccitate regio, Cu.: humus, O.: reus, in mourning , O.—Fig., of speech, rude, unadorned : suā sponte (haec) squalidiora sunt.