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-.
[1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "Dis":
Agdistis, Aides, Aidoneus, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares,
Artemis, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Cerberus, Ceres, Charon, Cora,
Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus,
Dis pater, Erebus, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Hel,
Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion,
Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur,
Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore,
Kronos, Loki, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Minos, Mithras,
Momus, Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Osiris,
Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon,
Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhadamanthus, Rhea, Satan, Saturn, Tellus,
Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
DIS
Defense Information System (mil., USA)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
DIS
Digital Identification Signal (HDLC)
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):
DIS
Draft International Standard (ISO)