sordesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [sordeo],
I to become dirty , grow filthy (not ante-Aug., and very rare): contrectatus ubi manibus sordescere vulgi Coeperis (liber), * Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 11: mel, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31: manus, id. 33, 3, 19, § 60: ager, i. e. to become wild , lie untilled , Gell. 4, 12, 1.—
II Trop., to be mean , vile , Amm. 15, 13, 2.