dis

present singular third person disses · participle present dissing · participle past dissed · past dissed

1. alternativeinformalAlternative spelling of diss.

   Yet the neo-Luddite resistance is remarkably disparate. Some flee to the woods; others, taking a less courageous stand, are content to dis the microwave oven and cellular phone.

   1995 July, Bob Ickes, “Die, Computer, Die!”, in New York, →ISSN, page 24

plural disses

1. alternativeAlternative form of diss.

plural disir

1. Norsehuman sciencesAny of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.

   In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration.

   1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, E Lumley, page 116

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   A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir

   1993, Hilda Ellis Davidson, The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe, Routledge, page 113

   Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir.

   1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 67

alternative 'dis

1. IrelandMulticultural London Englishdialectalnonstandardpronunciation spellingchiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorous; chiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorousPronunciation spelling of this.

   At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.

   1834 September 27, Anonymous, "West Indies: Spanish Town, Aug. 2, 1834", Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. XLVII (Vol. XI, 4th Ser.), p. 58

alternative 'dis

1. IrelandMulticultural London Englishdialectalnonstandardpronunciation spellingchiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorous; chiefly African-American Vernacular; foreign accents or humorousPronunciation spelling of this.

   Whadda I do? Dis an' dat.

1. Romanhuman sciencesHades.

1. pluralplural of Di

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4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Draft International Standard (usage from ISO)

1. pluralplural of DI

1. pluralplural of dI