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dor en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɔː(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English dorre, dore, from Old English dora (“humming insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *dorō, from Proto-Germanic *durô (“bumblebee, humming insect”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-, *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, hornet, drone”). Related to Saterland Frisian Doarne (“hornet”), Middle Low German dorne (“bumblebee”), Middle Dutch dorne (“bumblebee”), Dutch dar (“drone”), Old English drān (“drone”). More at drone.

Meanings

1. Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.
2. Any flying insect which makes a loud humming noise, such as the June bug or a bumblebee.

Forms

Deriveds

dorrfly · dorhawk · dumble-dor · dorbug · dumbledore · dorbeetle · dorfly

Translations (7)

nl gewone mestkever (G. sterocorarius) · fr géotrupe du fumier (G. sterocorarius) · ota بوق بوجكی (G. sterocorarius) · ota كستل (G. sterocorarius) · ga priompallán (G. sterocorarius) · cs chrobák velký (G. sterocorarius) · sv tordyvel (G. sterocorarius)

dor en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɔː(ɹ)/

Etymology

Compare dor (“a beetle”), and hum, humbug.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A trick, joke, or deception.
   • To say you were impotent! I am ashamed on 't! To make yourself no man? to a fresh maid too, A longing maid? upon her wedding-night also, To give her such a dor? 1624 June 6 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher, “A Wife for a Moneth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

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