different between sory vs dory

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.

English

Etymology 1

Attested in American English from 1709 C.E.; possibly derived from an indigenous language of the West Indies or Central America, perhaps Miskito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???i/
• Rhymes: -???i

Noun

dory (plural dories)

1. (nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dorry, from Old French doree, past participle of dorer (“to gild”), from Latin deauratus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???i/
• Rhymes: -???i

Noun

dory (plural dories)

1. Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.

Translations

Adjective

dory (comparative more dory, superlative most dory)

1. (obsolete) Of a bright yellow or golden color.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (dóru).

Pronunciation

Noun

dory (plural dories)

1. A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.
   • 2011 (republished 2014 as an e-book), Chris McNab, A History of the World in 100 Weapons, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, ?ISBN, page 37:

     The principal weapon of the hoplite was the dory spear. It was unusually long – it could measure up to 10ft (3m) in length, and weighed about 4.4lb (2kg). At one end was a broad, leaf-pattern spearhead, while at the other end was a metal spike called a sauroter. The purpose of the spike is much debated: it almost certainly acted as a counterbalance, making the spear easier to hold and wield; it could have been used as an improvised spear point, or for making downward attacks on the enemy's exposed feet; or it might even have been embedded in the ground to keep the spear in place.

Alternative forms

• doru

Further reading

• dory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dory (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dory (spear) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “dory”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• dyor