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Doris

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Translingual

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Doris verrucosa

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís, “a nymph, one of the daughters of Oceanus”).

Proper noun

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Doris f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dorididae – sea slugs, specifically, dorid nudibranchs.

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References

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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The feminine form of Doric.

Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Doris

  1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
  3. An ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
  5. An ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
  6. (astronomy) 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
  7. A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
    • 1866, Mary A. Prescott, “Doris Daylesford, A Story”, in Beadle's Monthly Magazine of To-day, volume 2, page 149:
      "My Doris—may I call you that, dearest?"
      "Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, call me Lalage, or Doris—only call me thine," I should have answered, if it had not been a little too sentimental.… I am afraid I omitted to state, in the proper place, that Doris is a name which has descended through a dozen generations of our family, that it belongs to myself as well as to my niece […]
    • 1989, Judy Carter, Stand-up Comedy: A Book, →ISBN, page 35:
      I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.
  8. A surname.
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Noun

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Doris (plural Dorises)

  1. (British, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
  2. (British, slang) A woman, especially when older or unattractive.
    • 2008 June 27, Michael Holden, “Michael Holden's All ears”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Fella at work, right? He's met this Doris on a park bench, at lunch time, and he's started going out on like, dates with her!

Etymology 2

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From the name of famous film star Doris Day.

Adjective

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Doris (not comparable)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) gay

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Doris.

Proper noun

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Doris

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek
  2. (Greek mythology) the nereid Doris
  3. Doris (an ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians)
  4. Doris (an ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians)
  5. (astronomy) the asteroid 48 Doris

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Doris.

Danish

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Proper noun

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Doris

  1. a female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s

Estonian

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Proper noun

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Doris

  1. a female given name from English

Faroese

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Proper noun

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Doris f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

  • son of Doris: Dorisarson
  • daughter of Doris: Dorisardóttir

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Doris
accusative Doris
dative Doris
genitive Dorisar

German

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Doris

  1. a female given name from English, popular in the mid-twentieth century

Italian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Doris m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Dōris f sg (genitive Dōridis); third declension

  1. Doris (an ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians)
  2. Doris (an ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians)
  3. Doric Greek (dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in northwestern Greece, southern Italy, and Sicily)
    Coordinate terms: Aeolis f, Atthis f, coenē f, Ias f
    • AD 121, Suetonius, Tiberius 56:[2]
      Nihilo lenior in conuictores Graeculos, quibus uel maxime adquiescebat, Xenonem quendam exquisitius sermocinantem cum interrogasset, quaenam illa tam molesta dialectos esset, et ille respondisset Doridem, relegauit Cinariam, existimans exprobratum sibi ueterem secessum, quod Dorice Rhodii loquantur.
      • 1889 translation by Alexander Thomson[3]
        He treated with no greater leniency the Greeks in his family, even those with whom he was most pleased. Having asked one Zeno, upon his using some far-fetched phrases, “What uncouth dialect is that?” he replied, “The Doric.” For this answer he banished him to Cinara, suspecting that he taunted him with his former residence at Rhodes, where the Doric dialect is spoken.
    • late AD 4th century, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.5:
      Quinque sunt linguae Graecorum, Ias Doris Atthis Aeolis coene.
    • late AD 4th century, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.8–15:
      Doris in singulis partibus orationis nunc adiectioni nunc brevitati studens barbarismos facit [qui barbarismi metaplasmi appellantur], quos cum sibi vindicaverint docti, metaplasmos appellant, ut
       T e u c r u m   m i r a n t u r   i n e r t i a   c o r d a
      pro Teucrorum, et
       a g g e r e   m o e r o r u m
      et
       a u l a i   m e d i o.

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Dōris
genitive Dōridis
dative Dōridī
accusative Dōridem
ablative Dōride
vocative Dōris

References

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  • “Dōris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Doris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Doris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Spanish

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Etymology

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From English Doris.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdoɾis/ [ˈd̪o.ɾis]
    • Rhymes: -oɾis
    • Syllabification: Do‧ris
  • IPA(key): /ˈdoɹɪs/ [ˈd̪oɹɪs]

Proper noun

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Doris f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Doris

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Doris c (genitive Doris)

  1. a female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s

Anagrams

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