different between rory vs sory

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????.?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????.i/

Etymology 1

From Latin r?s / r?ris (“dew”).

Adjective

rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)

1. (obsolete) Covered by dew.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), Jerusalem Delivered, i, 14

     On Libanon at first his foot he set,
     And shook his wings with rory May-dew wet.

   • 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, Page 3

     [...] rory end to the regginbrow was to be seen ringsome on the aquaface.

Synonyms

• (covered by dew): dewy, rorid; see also Thesaurus:bedewed

Related terms

• rore
• rorid

Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown

Adjective

rory (comparative more rory, superlative most rory)

1. (obsolete) Of gaudy, tasteless, or unsubtle colors.

Related terms

• rory-cum-tory
• rory-tory
• tory-rory

Translations

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sory (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Syro-, rosy, roys

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sori, sari, særi, sorry, soory, sary, sari?

Etymology

From Old English s?ri?, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz. Equivalent to sore +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??ri?/

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

• sorinesse
• soryly

Descendants

• English: sorry
  • ? Scots: sorry, sorra
• Scots: sairy

References

• “s?r?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-09.

Adverb

sory

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

References

• “s?r?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-09.