sourd

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/suːrd/

Definition of sourd

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(Early, Modern)To arise, issue or emerge; to give rise.

“[…]wherby at the last shuld have sourded discention amonge the people, they beinge seperately enclined towarde theyr naturall souerayne lorde[…]”
“Foꝛ with the only be theſe welles of lyfe, / Of frayle men ſpring but podels of myꝛe, / From whom ſourdeth errour ⁊ croked ſtrife[…]”
“Cornead. The ſpirit of foolery out of this Archibald Rupenrope he ſhall never be able to caſt, were the nectar of his eloquence a thouſand times more ſuperabundant, inceſſant ſourding.”

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Inherited from Middle English sourden, from Old French sourdre, from Latin surgō, contraction of earlier subrigō. Compare source. Doublet of surge.

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