out of sorts
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out of sorts
Where it comes from
Comes from printing terminology where "sort" means a metal type for printing a particular letter.
adjective more out of sorts · most out of sorts
- Irritable or somewhat unwell, with vague medical symptoms. [T]he trooper fails to fasten the brooch. His hand shakes, he is nervous, and it falls off. "Would any one believe this?" says he, catching it as it drops and looking round. "I am so out of sorts that I bungle at an easy job like this!"
- With some letters or sorts of type deficient or exhausted in the case or font.
Similar: out of order
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adjective
Similar: out of order
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adj irritable or somewhat unwell
| Español | indispuesto, pachucho |
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| Português | indisposto, de mal humor |
| Italiano | fuori fase |
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