Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
dorr. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
dorr, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
dorr in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
dorr you have here. The definition of the word
dorr will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
dorr, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Pronunciation
Noun
dorr (plural dorrs)
- A dor, or dorbeetle.
- (obsolete) A drone or idler; a lazy person.
1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: , London: [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, , →OCLC:[…] live idle themselves, lyke dorres
References
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish doirr.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
dorr f (genitive singular doirre)
- (literary) anger
Declension
Derived terms
Interjection
dorr
- an expression of encouragement used to a dog
Mutation
Irish mutation
|
Radical
|
Lenition
|
Eclipsis
|
dorr
|
dhorr
|
ndorr
|
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
|
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doirr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
Further reading