Definition of sordes:
(n) :
deposits of dirt or bacteria on the body, discharges; bacterial deposits on the teeth; a small
pterosaur that lived in the late
Jurassic Period of the
Mesozoic era
"1973: Fresh sheets, sponging, a spoonful of animal soup, sordes removed from his cracked lips, black in the candlelight. -- Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise"
Definition of sordes:
(n) :
deposits of dirt or bacteria on the body, discharges; bacterial deposits on the teeth; a small
pterosaur that lived in the late
Jurassic Period of the
Mesozoic era
"1973: Fresh sheets, sponging, a spoonful of animal soup, sordes removed from his cracked lips, black in the candlelight. -- Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise"