Translingual

Doris verrucosa

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Doris f

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

English

Proper noun

Doris

1. (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.

2. (astronomy) Short for 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
3. 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.

4. (Britain, slang) One's girl friend, wife or significant other.

Translations

Etymology 2

From the name of famous film star Doris Day; (Cockney rhyming slang).

Adjective

Doris ‎(not comparable)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) gay

Anagrams

• DOSRI
• roids, 'roids
• rosid

Danish

Proper noun

Doris

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

Faroese

Proper noun

Doris f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

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

Declension

German

Proper noun

Doris

1. A female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the mid-twentieth century.

Swedish

Proper noun

Doris

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

Latin

Noun

dōris f ‎(genitive dōridis); third declension

1. A kind of bugloss

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “doris”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.