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sory

sory noun: iron(II) sulfate, or some earth impregnated with it. Also the obsolete spelling of sorry.

Noun

sory (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) iron(II) sulfate, or some earth impregnated with it

Also used as

sory is also the obsolete spelling of sorry.

Origin of sory

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

Questions about sory

What does sory mean?
Sory means iron(II) sulfate, or some earth impregnated with it.
What part of speech is sory?
Sory is a noun.

Words near sory in the dictionary

  1. Sorums
  2. sorus
  3. sorva
  4. Sorvino
  5. Sorvinos
  6. sory
  7. sorz
  8. Sorø
  9. sos
  10. SOS's
  11. Sosa

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