Sordor
/ˈsɔːr.dər/noun
Filth, dirt, or foul matter, especially the dark crust that can collect on the mouth or teeth during severe illness.
Did you know?Medical writers used the related Latin term sordes for the foul coating that could accumulate on the teeth, lips, or tongue during high fever or serious disease.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European, uncertain reconstruction
PIE
*swordo-
“Dirty or foul; this proposed root is commonly connected with the later Latin family, though the reconstruction is not certain.”
Classical Latin
Latin
sordēre
“To be dirty, foul, or morally degraded.”
Classical Latin
Latin
sordor
“Filth, dirt, or foulness.”
Late Latin
Latin
sordes
“Filth or a dirty deposit, including bodily residue associated with illness.”
Middle English
English
sordour
“Filth, foulness, or squalor; borrowed through French from Latin.”
Modern English
English
sordor
“A rare or obsolete word for filth, especially pathological bodily dirt or crust.”