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Doris
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Do′ris
,Noun.
[L.
Doris
, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Nereus, Gr. [GREEK].] (Zool.)
A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiæ on the back.
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Doris
Doris
See also: doris
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís, “one of the daughters of Oceanus”)
Proper noun
Doris f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dorididae – sea slugs, specifically, dorid nudibranchs.
English
Proper noun
Doris
- (Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus and mother of fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: IV: xi: 49:
- And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: IV: xi: 49:
- (astronomy) Short for 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name, 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 0440502438), 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.
- 1866, Mary A. Prescott, "Doris Daylesford, A Story", in Beadle's Monthly Magazine of To-day, volume 2, page 149:
- (Britain, slang) One's girl friend, wife or significant other.
Translations
Asteroid
Etymology 2
From the name of famous film star Doris Day; (Cockney rhyming slang).
Adjective
Doris (not comparable)
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Doris
- A female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s.
Faroese
Proper noun
Doris f
- A female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Doris: Dorisarson
- daughter of Doris: Dorisardóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Doris |
Accusative | Doris |
Dative | Doris |
Genitive | Dorisar |
German
Proper noun
Doris
- A female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the mid-twentieth century.
Swedish
Proper noun
Doris
- A female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s.
doris
doris
See also: Doris
Latin
Noun
dōris f (genitive dōridis); third declension
- A kind of bugloss
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | dōris | dōridēs |
genitive | dōridis | dōridum |
dative | dōridī | dōridibus |
accusative | dōridem | dōridēs |
ablative | dōride | dōridibus |
vocative | dōris | dōridēs |
References
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “doris”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.