DORIS

Doris

(noun) a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken

Doris

(noun) (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Proper noun

Doris

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.

A region of Asia Minor inhabited by the ancient Dorians.

(astronomy) 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.

A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.

(British, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.

Etymology 2

Adjective

Doris (not comparable)

(Cockney rhyming slang) gay

Anagrams

• 'roids, DOSRI, Sidor, dorsi-, roids, rosid

Source: Wiktionary


Do"ris, n. Etym: [L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Nereus, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiæ on the back.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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