dort

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noun

A sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.

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Dordrecht
OriginMiddle English dort →
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Meanings

dort1

noundort (plural dorts)

plural dorts

  1. Northern EnglandScotlandUKdialectalA sulky or sullen mood; the sulks.
verbdort (third-person singular simple present dorts, present participle dorting, simple past and past participle dorted)

present singular third person dorts · participle present dorting · participle past dorted · past dorted

  1. intransitiveTo become pettish; sulk.

Dort2

proper nounDort (plural Dorts)

plural Dorts

  1. Synonym of Dordrecht: a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

    Synonyms: Dordrecht

  2. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Dordrecht: a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

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Dordrecht

Origin

dort · noun, verb

  1. Middle Englishdort
  2. Englishdort

From Middle English dort (found in compound cankerdort), of unknown origin.

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Dort · proper noun

* As a German surname, from Dorten, a metronymic from Dorothea (see Dorothy). * As a Dutch surname, shortened form of a placename Dordrecht.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dort

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Anagrams

trod
Cite this entry
APA

dort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dort

MLA

“dort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dort. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dort,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dort.

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