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[syn: Dis, Orcus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dis \Dis\, prop. n. [L.]
The god Pluto, god of the underworld; also called Dis
Pater. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dis \dis\ v. t. [shortened from disrespect.] [imp. & p. p.
dissed; p. pr. & vb. n. dissing.]
to treat in a disrespectful manner; to insult, disparage or
belittle. [slang]
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dis- \dis-\ (?; 258)
1. A prefix from the Latin, whence F. d['e]s, or sometimes
d['e]-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d,
g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif-before f, and either dis-or
di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and
duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis-
denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute,
disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative
and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also
intensive, as in dissever.
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Note: Walker's rule of pronouncing this prefix is, that the s
ought always to be pronounced like z, when the next
syllable is accented and begins with "a flat mute [b,
d, v, g, z], a liquid [l, m, n, r], or a vowel; as,
disable, disease, disorder, disuse, disband, disdain,
disgrace, disvalue, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismay,
dismember, dismiss, dismount, disnatured, disrank,
disrelish, disrobe." Dr. Webster's example in
disapproving of Walker's rule and pronouncing dis-as
diz in only one (disease) of the above words, is
followed by recent ortho["e]pists. See Disable,
Disgrace, and the other words, beginning with dis-,
in this Dictionary.
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2. A prefix from Gr. di`s- twice. See Di-.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Dis
n 1: god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto [syn:
Dis, Orcus]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
dis
A CPython bytecode disassembler.
dis home (https://docs.python.org/2/library/dis.html).
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