sory
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sory, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σῶρυ (sôru, “a kind of ore”).
Noun
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English sāriġ, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz. Equivalent to sore + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sory (plural and weak singular sorye, comparative sorier, superlative soriest)
- sad, sorrowful
- pitiful, downtrodden, dismal:
- iniquitous, malicious; having bad intentions
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “sōrī (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-09.
Adverb
sory
References
- “sōrī (adv.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-09.
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