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Meaning of sordes | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈsɔr.deːs]

Definitions

  1. dirt, filth, squalor
    declension-3
  2. meanness, stinginess, niggardliness
    declension-3
  3. humiliation
    declension-3, figuratively

Equivalents

Ελληνικά τσιγκουνιά
English Dirt Filth humiliation Meanness Niggardliness Squalor Stinginess
Suomi saituus
Italiano taccagneria
Latina malignitas
Русский ску́пость

Examples

“c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 1.2.106.Viden tu? Pleni oculi sorderum qui erant, iam splendent mihi.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

sordi sordibus sordidus sordis sordities sorditudine

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