sory

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sory, from Ancient Greek σῶρυ (sôru, “a kind of ore”).

Noun

sory (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) green vitriol, or some earth impregnated with it

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Inherited from Old English sāriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz. Equivalent to sore +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔːriː/, /ˈsɔriː/

Adjective

sory (plural and weak singular sorye, comparative sorier, superlative soriest)

  1. sad, sorrowful
    1. painful, distressful
    2. sorry, remorseful, regretful
  2. pitiful, downtrodden, dismal:
    1. cheap, low-quality
    2. luckless; cheated by fate
  3. iniquitous, malicious; having bad intentions

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: sorry (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: sairy
  • Yola: ingsaury

Adverb

sory

  1. (rare) harshly, intensely; with extreme force
  2. (rare) sadly; while upset

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