sordes pl (plural only)
Deposits of dirt or bacteria on the body, discharges; bacterial deposits on the teeth or tongue.
• Sedors, dorses, dosers, dosser, resods, rossed, soders
Source: Wiktionary
Sor"des, n. Etym: [L., fr. sordere to be dirty or foul.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
