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
22 May 2024
(adjective) having an orbit between the sun and the Earth’s orbit; “Mercury and Venus are inferior planets”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
