sorpio.html - n.
absorption or adsorption happening jointly or separately. [back-form. f. absorption, adsorption]

sorpio.html - See: SIGHT FOR SORE EYES.

sorpio.html - {n.} A weak or sensitive part; a subject or thing about which someone becomes angry or upset easily. * /Don't ask Uncle John why his business failed; it's a sore spot with him./ Compare: WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES.

sorpio.html - See: DROWN ONE'S SORROWS.

sorpio.html - See: OF SORTS, IN A WAY also IN A SORT OF WAY.

sorpio.html - {adv. phr.}, {informal} Almost but not quite; rather. * /A guinea pig looks kind of like a rabbit, but it has short ears./ * /Bob was kind of tired when he finished the job./ * /The teacher sort of frowned but then smiled./ * /Mary wouldn't tell what she wanted to be when she grew up; it was sort of a secret./