DOR isとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɒɹɪs/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdɔɹɪs/
• (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA: /ˈdɑɹɪs/
• 韻: -ɒɹɪs

語源 1

From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris.

固有名詞

Doris (plural Dorises)

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 of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
3. An ancient mountainous region of 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.

   • 2008 May 30, Felicia R. Lee, “Harry Potter Prequel for Charity”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 19 August 2023:

     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.

6. A surname.
7. (UK politics, derogatory) Nickname for Boris Johnson (born 1964), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.

   Synonyms: (slang) BoJo, (slang) Bozza

   • 2008 June 1, Brian Watson, “Re: Booze Cruise”, in england.local.london‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 January 2026:

     I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to the office.

   • 2018 December 14, Maxine Gordon, “Brexit needs a magic solution”, in The Press, York, North Yorkshire: Newsquest, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 4:

     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?

   • 2020 December 6, Andrei Harmsworth, “Lewis Capaldi admits mum is ‘afraid’ he’ll fall into drugs and alcohol but his acid reflux won’t let him”, in Metro‎, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 December 2020:

     Liam [Gallagher] changed the lyrics of 1994 hit Cigarettes & Alcohol to sing: ‘Is it worth the aggravation/To find yourself a job when there’s nothing worth working for?’ The 48-year-old quickly added: ‘That’s for you f***ing Rishi [Sunak]… and f***ing Doris.’

同意語

• (astronomy): 48 Doris, ㊽

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Doris is the 15978 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1817 individuals. Doris is most common among White (84.05%) individuals.

名詞

Doris (plural Dorises)

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

語源 2

• Shortened Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhruis, from earlier Ó Dubhrosa, from Ó (“descendant”) + Dubhros, a name from dubh (“black”) + ros (“wood”).
• A habitational French surname from d' (“of”) + Oris-en-Rattier (“a commune in Isère, France”).

固有名詞

Doris

1. A surname.

   Alternative form: Dorris

語源 3

From the name of famous film star Doris Day.

形容詞

Doris (not comparable)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) gay

参照

Further reading

• “Doris n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

アナグラム

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

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈdoː.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈdɔː.ris]

固有名詞

Dōris f sg (genitive Dōridis); third declension

1. Doris (an ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians)
2. Doris (an ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians)
3. Doric Greek (dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in northwestern Greece, southern Italy, and Sicily)

   Coordinate terms: Aeolis f, Atthis f, coenē f, Ias f

   • AD 121, Suetonius, Tiberius 56:

     Nihilo lenior in conuictores Graeculos, quibus uel maxime adquiescebat, Xenonem quendam exquisitius sermocinantem cum interrogasset, quaenam illa tam molesta dialectos esset, et ille respondisset Doridem, relegauit Cinariam, existimans exprobratum sibi ueterem secessum, quod Dorice Rhodii loquantur.

     • 1889 translation by Alexander Thomson

       He treated with no greater leniency the Greeks in his family, even those with whom he was most pleased. Having asked one Zeno, upon his using some far-fetched phrases, “What uncouth dialect is that?” he replied, “The Doric.” For this answer he banished him to Cinara, suspecting that he taunted him with his former residence at Rhodes, where the Doric dialect is spoken.

   • late 4th century CE, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.5:

     Quinque sunt linguae Graecorum, Ias Doris Atthis Aeolis coene.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • late 4th century CE, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.8–15:

     Doris in singulis partibus orationis nunc adiectioni nunc brevitati studens barbarismos facit [qui barbarismi metaplasmi appellantur], quos cum sibi vindicaverint docti, metaplasmos appellant, ut
      T e u c r u m   m i r a n t u r   i n e r t i a   c o r d a
     pro Teucrorum, et
      a g g e r e   m o e r o r u m
     et
      a u l a i   m e d i o.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

語形変化

Third-declension noun, singular only.

参照

• “Dōris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “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