Sordid

sftr'did, a. Vile base mean meanly avari- cio us covetous niggardly. [F. sordide, L. sordiam, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, dus, fr. sordes, dirt; swart.] — SorUidly, adv.— Sor'didne , Sordine, s6r'din, (Mus.) A small damper in the mouth of a trumpet, or on the bridge of a violin, violoncello, etc., to make the sound fainter. sordina, sordino, fr. sordo, L. surd us, deaf, dull sounding.] Sore, sor, A place where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful an ulcer; boil; inflamed spot; wound; grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. — a. Tender; painful; inflamed easily pained, grieved, or vexed; violent with pain; severe; afflictive; distre ing, —adv. In a sore manner; with pain; greatly; violently; deeply. [AS. and Sw. sar, OHG. ser, sore, AS. sare, OHG. sero, G. sehr, sorely, extremely, very, AS., Sw., and Ic. sar, a sore.] — Sorely, adv. In a sore manner; grievously; greatly. — Sore'ne , State of being sore tenderne painfulne . — Sorly, sSr'rY, a. [-rier -riest.] Grieved for the lo of some good; pained for some evil; melancholy; dismal; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined: poor; mean vile worthle . [Prop, sory, fr. sore AS. and Sw. sarig, sar; nots. sorrow. — Sorlily, -rT-lT, adv.— Sorline , n. Sorel, sor'el, A buck of the 3d year; a yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel. [See Sorrel, a.] Sorghum, sSr'gum, A tall cereal gra of several species, including Indian millet (Guinea corn), broom corn, and Chinese sugar-cane (specifically called sorghum in Amer. and cultivated for sugar-bearing juice). [NL. It. sorgo.} Sorites, so-rilez, (Logic.) An abridged form of stating a series of syllogisms, in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion from all affirms the predicate of the last of the subject of the first proposition. [Gr. soreites, prop, heaped up, hence a heap of syllogisms, soros, a heap.] Sororicide, so-ror'T-sid, The murder, or murderer, of a sister. [L. sororicida, fr. soror, a sister, and csedere, to kill.]