Why this word is great
SORDOR — [Noun] The condition of being sordid; a state marked by physical filth, squalor, or moral degradation. From a postulated unattested Latin *sordor, or formed in English as a back-formation from the Latin adjective sordidus ("dirty, vile, sordid"). Unlike "squalor," which emphasizes the wretched facts of poverty, or "turpitude," which denotes inherent wickedness, sordor occupies the grim intersection where baseness leaves a residue. It is the greasy patina on a pawnbroker’s window, the stale-beer scent of a desperate bargain, and the weary compromise of a life lived for the next small, dishonest advantage—the palpable evidence of a fall, a filth that seeps from the soul itself.