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dor

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Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
4
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/ˈdɔː(ɹ)/

Definition of dor

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.
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noun

  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.
  3. (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?”
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of dance-oriented rock.

name

  1. A surname.

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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.

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