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sorry

/ˈsɒɹi/SO-ree
/ˈsɑɹi/SAH-ree

Meaningsore, grieved

Common meaning: feeling regret

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishsarigsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishsorysource
  3. Englishsorry‘feeling regret’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English sarig ‘sore, grieved’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SORRY, p. 575 · dictionary scan; Bosworth & Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), entry sarig, p. 818 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • sarig Old English “sore, grieved”

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