Dictionary

dis en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /dɪs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Abbreviation of disrespect.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of diss.
   alt of diss

Forms

dis en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /dɪs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Abbreviation of disrespect.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, informal) Alternative spelling of diss.
   alt of diss
   • Yet the neo-Luddite resistance is remarkably disparate. Some flee to the woods; others, taking a less courageous stand, are content to dis the microwave oven and cellular phone. 1995 July, Bob Ickes, “Die, Computer, Die!”, in New York, →ISSN, page 24:

Forms

dis en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /dɪs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse dís.

Meanings

1. (Norse) Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.
   • Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir. 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 67:
   • In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration. 1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, E Lumley, page 116:
   • A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir 1993, Hilda Ellis Davidson, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, Routledge, page 113:

Forms

dis en · DET · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /dɪs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation with th-stopping of this.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling, qualifier:chiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorous; chiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of this.
   alt of this
   • At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night. 1834 September 27, Anonymous, "West Indies: Spanish Town, Aug. 2, 1834", Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. XLVII (Vol. XI, 4th Ser.), p. 58

Forms

dis en · PRON · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /dɪs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation with th-stopping of this.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling, qualifier:chiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorous; chiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of this.
   alt of this
   • Whadda I do? Dis an' dat.

Forms

Relateds

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