sorr

See also: SORR

English

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of sir.

Noun

sorr (plural sorrs)

  1. (Ireland) Pronunciation spelling of sir.
    • 1912, William Hope Hodgson, Carnacki, The Ghost Finder‎[1]:
      "'I tell ye, sorr,' he told him, tis of no use at all, thryin' ter reclaim ther castle.
    • 1916, Boyd Cable (Ernest Andrew Ewart), Action Front‎[2]:
      No, sorr--yes, sorr," said Clancy hurriedly, and then more slowly, in neat adoption of the remarks he had just heard: "Leastways, sorr, I was just afther wondering if you had heard anything of this tale of a German Gineral lying out there on the ground beyanst." "
    • 1888, William Henry Hurlbert, Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)‎[3]:
      "A foine day it is, sorr," said our jarvey as we took our seats on the car.

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to serri (“to be angry”) and Welsh sorraf, sorri.

Noun

sorr m (uncountable)

  1. anger, wrath

Verb

sorr

  1. second-person singular imperative of serri
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