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Out of sorts

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Irritable or somewhat unwell, with vague medical symptoms. idiomatic

    "[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!""

  2. 2
    With some letters or sorts of type deficient or exhausted in the case or font. dated

Etymology

Comes from printing terminology where "sort" means a metal type for printing a particular letter.

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