sory
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin sory, from Ancient Greek σῶρυ (sôru, “a kind of ore”).
Noun[edit]
sory (uncountable)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English sāriġ, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz. Equivalent to sor + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sory
- sad, sorrowful
- painful, distressful
- pitiful, downtrodden
- cheap, low-quality
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “sōrī (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-09.
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- Middle English words suffixed with -y
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
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