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▪ I. soor1 Med.|sʊə(r)| [Of obscure origin.] A disease of the mouth, = thrush2 1. Also attrib.
1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 337 Parasitic Stomatitis (Mycotic stomatitis; Thrush, Soor, Muguet). 1905Jrnl. Exper. Med. 4 Feb. 396 The soor fungus appeared in the cultures made from both kidneys. ▪ II. soor2 Anglo-Indian slang.|suːə(r)| [ad. Hindi sūar pig, f. Pali sūkara-, Prakrit sūara-, suara- pig.] A term of abuse for a person: pig, swine.
1848J. H. Stocqueler Oriental Interpreter, Soor, soor-ka-butcha, abusive terms of which the Hindostanee language is fertile. Soor is a pig, and soor-ka-butcha the offspring of a pig. 1864Hotten Slang Dict. 240 Soor, an abusive term... Anglo-Indian. 1919‘Boyd Cable’ Old Contemptibles vi. 92 ‘Why don't the soors come on an' fight it out?’ said Corporal Smedley. 1926Blackw. Mag. July 78/1 ‘Soors!’ he cursed. ‘They won't give me one of their Union Jacks.’ 1936F. Richards Old-Soldier Sahib iv. 74 You black soor, when I order you to do a thing I expect it to be done at once. ▪ III. soor obs. form of sore n. and a. |