/ˈdɒɹɪs/, /ˈdɔɹɪs/, /ˈdɑɹɪs/
OriginFrom Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris.
- GreekThe daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
“And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.”
- An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
- An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
- 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
- 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 afra”
“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 Myr”
- A surname.
- A surname.
- British, slangOne's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
- British, slangA woman, especially when older or unattractive.
“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!”
- 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 understa”
- Cockney, not-comparable, slanggay
FormsDorises(plural)