dory

¹

[ dawr-ee, dohr-ee ]

noun

, plural do·ries.

1. a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.

dory

²

[ dawr-ee, dohr-ee ]

noun

, plural do·ries.

1. John Dory.

dory

¹

/ ˈdɔːrɪ /

noun

1. any spiny-finned marine teleost food fish of the family Zeidae, esp the John Dory, having a deep compressed body
2. another name for walleye walleye

dory

²

/ ˈdɔːrɪ /

noun

1. a flat-bottomed rowing boat with a high bow, stern, and sides

Word History and Origins

Origin of dory¹

First recorded in 1700–10, Americanism; alleged to be from Miskito dóri, dúri (if this word is itself not from English )

Origin of dory²

1400–50; late Middle English dorre, dorray < Middle French doree (feminine past participle of dorer to gild) < Late Latin deaurāta; dorado

Word History and Origins

Origin of dory¹

C14: from French dorée gilded, from dorer to gild, from Late Latin deaurāre, ultimately from Latin aurum gold

Origin of dory²

C18: from Mosquito (an American Indian language of Honduras and Nicaragua) dóri dugout

Example Sentences

The cousins’ journey — which starts with a guided Jewish heritage tour of Warsaw and Lublin, after which they splinter off to Dory’s rural birthplace — covers as much emotional territory as it does physical.

From Los Angeles Times

The cousins’ eventual arrival at the home Grandma Dory left behind to escape the Nazis is handled in a way that’s unsentimental yet also credible and thoroughly touching, with a gentle twist that nicely serves the arc of David and Benji’s roller-coaster relationship.

From Los Angeles Times

The route: Start your day by perambulating lazily around the historic Dory Fleet Market, checking out the crab and seafood offerings.

From Los Angeles Times

Next came the front covers of both Hunky Dory and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - the latter famously depicting Bowie's alien alter ego in a rainy Heddon Street in London's West End, leg propped up and guitar in hand.

From BBC

“Health care is on the ballot this year, and voters will remember that when they reject Donald Trump in November,” said Dory MacMillan, the Biden campaign’s North Carolina communications director.

From Seattle Times

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