sordes
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of sordes
C18: from Latin sordēs filth
Example Sentences
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Sic � lactea surge, Musa, surge; Surge inter medias serena sordes.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Jesus, pro me perforatus, Condar intra tuum latus; Tu per lympham profluentem, Tu per sanguinem tepentem, In peccata mi redunda, Tolle culpam, sordes munda!
From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron
Unda sacras sordes lambit placidissima: flavae Lambit et hanc undam lucida flamma comae.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Consolator et fundator, Habitator et amator, Cordium humilium, Pelle mala, terge sordes, Et discordes fac Concordes, Et affer praesidium!
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
Tongue smooth, dry, and excessively red, later brown-coated, and even the teeth coated with sordes.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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