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Doris

//ˈdɒɹɪs// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    gay Cockney, not-comparable, slang
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids. Greek

    "And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa."

  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
  4. 4
    An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
  5. 5
    48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
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  1. 6
    A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.

    ""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 […]"

  2. 7
    A surname.
  3. 8
    Nickname for Boris Johnson (born 1964), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022. UK, derogatory

    "I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to the office."

Noun
  1. 1
    One's girlfriend, wife or significant other. British, slang
  2. 2
    A sea slug.

    "It is a doris, or sea-slug, and is about of the consistence of one of those slugs so destructive to our garden flowers, but is so much more beautiful than that creature, that, were he able to understand us, we should ask pardon for the comparison."

  3. 3
    A woman, especially when older or unattractive. British, slang

    "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

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris.

Etymology 3

* Shortened Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhruis, from earlier Ó Dubhrosa, from Ó (“descendant of”) + Dubhros, a name from dubh (“black”) + ros (“wood”). * A habitational French surname from d' (“of”) + Oris-en-Rattier (“a commune in Isère, France”).

Etymology 4

From the name of famous film star Doris Day.

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