doris
/ˈdɔɹɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.58 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
name
A surname.
name
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British usage; Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa."
- ""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 […]"
- "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."
- "The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series."
- "I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to the office."
- "But what about that really annoying drama queen Boris ‘Doris’ Johnson who was definitely after her [Theresa May’s] job, although he kept denying it?"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Δωρίς, Ó Dubhruis, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɔɹɪs/
- British English: /ˈdɒɹɪs/
Usage
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Slang
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.