sordes

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɔːdiːz/

Etymology 1

From Latin sordes, related to sordere.

Noun

sordes (plural only)

1. Deposits of dirt or bacteria on the body, discharges; bacterial deposits on the teeth or tongue.
   • 1973, Fresh sheets, sponging, a spoonful of animal soup, sordes removed from his cracked lips, black in the candlelight. — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise

Etymology 2

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Noun

sordes singular

1. a small pterosaur that lived in the late Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic era

Anagrams

• dosser, resods

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”), whence also English swart (Proto-Germanic *swartaz).

Noun

sordes (genitive sordis); f, third declension

1. dirt, filth, squalor
2. meanness, stinginess

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sordes	sordēs
genitive	sordis	sordium
dative	sordī	sordibus
accusative	sordim sordem	sordīs sordēs
ablative	sordī sorde	sordibus
vocative	sordes	sordēs

Related terms

• sordeō