Doris

From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís, “a nymph, one of the daughters of Oceanus”).

Doris f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dorididae – sea slugs, specifically, dorid nudibranchs.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Nudibranchia - order; Doridina - suborder; Doridoidei - infraorder; Doridoidea - superfamily; Dorididae - family

• (genus): Doris verrucosa - type species

• Doris (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Doris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Doris (Nudibranchia) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒɹɪs/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪs

The feminine form of Doric.

• (surname): Dorris

Doris

1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 49:

     And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.

2. An ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
3. An ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
4. (astronomy) 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
5. A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
   • 1866, Mary A. Prescott, “Doris Daylesford, A Story”, in Beadle's Monthly Magazine of To-day, volume 2, page 149:

     "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 […]

   • 1989, Judy Carter, Stand-up Comedy: A Book, →ISBN, page 35:

     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 Myrtle.

6. A surname.

• (astronomy): 48 Doris, ㊽

Doris (plural Dorises)

1. (Britain, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
2. (Britain, slang) A woman, especially when older or unattractive.
   • 2008 June 27, Michael Holden, “Michael Holden's All ears”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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!

From the name of famous film star Doris Day.

Doris (not comparable)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) gay

• Jonathon Green (2024), “Doris n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang

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

From English Doris.

Doris

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek
2. (Greek mythology) the nereid Doris
3. Doris (an ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians)
4. Doris (an ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians)
5. (astronomy) the asteroid 48 Doris

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Doris.

Doris

1. a female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s

Doris

1. a female given name from English

Doris f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Doris: Dorisarson
• daughter of Doris: Dorisardóttir

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Doris

1. a female given name from English, popular in the mid-twentieth century

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Doris m or f by sense

1. a surname

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.ris/, [ˈd̪oːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.ris/, [ˈd̪ɔːris]

Dōris f sg (genitive Dōridis); third declension

1. Doris (an ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians)
2. Doris (an ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians)

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Doris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Doris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Doris c (genitive Doris)

1. a female given name borrowed from English usage, popular in the 1920s and the 1930s

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