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Webster 1913 Edition


Sordes


Sor′des

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Noun.
[L., fr.
sordere
to be dirty or foul.]
Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically
(Med.)
, the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sordes

SOR'DES

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Noun.
[L.] Foul matter; excretions; dregs; filthy, useless or rejected matter of any kind.

Definition 2024


sordes

sordes

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English

Noun

sordes pl (plural only)

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

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Adjective

sordes

  1. feminine plural of sord

Latin

Etymology

From sordeō + -ēs. More at sordeō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsor.des/, [ˈsɔr.dɛs]

Noun

sordes f (genitive sordis); third declension

  1. dirt, filth, squalor
  2. meanness, stinginess
  3. (figurative) humiliation

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in and accusative plural in -īs.

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

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