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Dis
//dɪs// det, name, noun, pron, verb, slang
Definitions
Determiner
- 1 This. pronunciation-spelling, slang
Proper Noun
- 1 Hades. Roman
- 2 plural of Di form-of, plural
- 3 Initialism of Distributed Interactive Simulation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Initialism of Defense Investigative Service, now the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 5 Walt Disney Company.
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- 6 Initialism of Draft International Standard (usage from ISO) abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of diss. alt-of, alternative
- 2 Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore. Norse
"In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration."
- 3 plural of DI form-of, plural
- 4 plural of dI form-of, plural
Pronoun
- 1 This. pronunciation-spelling, slang
Verb
- 1 Alternative spelling of diss. alt-of, alternative, informal
"Yet the neo-Luddite resistance is remarkably disparate. Some flee to the woods; others, taking a less courageous stand, are content to dis the microwave oven and cellular phone."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of disrespect.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of disrespect.
Etymology 3
Learned borrowing from Old Norse dís.
Etymology 4
Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation with th-stopping of this.
Etymology 5
Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation with th-stopping of this.
Etymology 6
From Latin dīs pater (“rich father”).
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