DIS

Pluto, Dis, Dis Pater, Orcus

(noun) (Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

DIs

plural of DI

Anagrams

• DSI, I.D.s, IDS, IDs, ISD, SDI, SID, Sid, ids, sid, sid'

Etymology

Proper noun

Dis

(mythology) Hades.

Anagrams

• DSI, I.D.s, IDS, IDs, ISD, SDI, SID, Sid, ids, sid, sid'

Etymology 1

Verb

dis (third-person singular simple present disses, present participle dissing, simple past and past participle dissed)

(informal) Alternative spelling of diss

Noun

dis (plural disses)

Alternative form of diss

Etymology 2

Noun

dis (plural disir)

Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.

Etymology 3

Determiner

dis

(slang or pronunciation spelling) This.

Pronoun

dis

(slang or pronunciation spelling) This.

Anagrams

• DSI, I.D.s, IDS, IDs, ISD, SDI, SID, Sid, ids, sid, sid'

Noun

dIs

plural of dI

Anagrams

• DSI, I.D.s, IDS, IDs, ISD, SDI, SID, Sid, ids, sid, sid'

Proper noun

DIS

Distributed Interactive Simulation.

(military, US) Defense Investigative Service

(stock symbol) Walt Disney Company.

Anagrams

• DSI, I.D.s, IDS, IDs, ISD, SDI, SID, Sid, ids, sid, sid'

Source: Wiktionary


Dis- (; 258)

Definition: .

1. A prefix from the Latin, whence F. dés, or sometimes dé-, dis-. The Latin dis- appears as di- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif- before f, and either dis- or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis- denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also intensive, as in dissever.

Note: Walker's rule of pronouncing this prefix is, that the s ought always to be pronounced like z, when the next syllable is accented and begins with "a flat mute [b, d, v, g, z], a liquid [l, m, n, r], or a vowel; as, disable, disease, disorder, disuse, disband, disdain, disgrace, disvalue, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismay, dismember, dismiss, dismount, disnatured, disrank, disrelish, disrobe." Dr. Webster's example in disapproving of Walker's rule and pronouncing dis- as diz in only one (disease) of the above words, is followed by recent orthoëpists. See Disable, Disgrace, and the other words, beginning with dis-, in this Dictionary.

2. A prefix from Gr. Di-.

Dis, n. Etym: [L.]

Definition: The god Pluto. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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