dordorrn.1
/dɔː/ An insect that flies with a loud humming noise.† 1. Applied to species of bees or flies; also dor-bee, dor-fly. spec. (a) a humble-bee or bumble-bee; (b) a drone bee; (c) a hornet; (d) figurative a drone, a lazy idler. Obsolete.† 3. figurative. Applied to persons. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Bombidae (bumble-bee)
dora700
humble-beea1450
bumblebee1530
drumble bee1592
bumble1599
grumbledory1600
bumbee1605
bumbarda1614
dumbledore1787
foggie1819
bummer1822
bumbler1825
drumble drone1855
drumble-dore1881
a700 Epinal Gloss. 119 Atticus, dora.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 28 Doran hunig and ticcenes geallan.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 28 Þa ahsan gemenge wið dorena hunig.
c1050 Cleopatra Glosses in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 351 Adticus, feldbeo, dora.
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 6428 So dorren don and flesche fleighen.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 576 Crabo. a dore.
?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Diiv If theyr come a hornet, a dore or greater flye They breake the lyght webbes.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Ciiii Gentilmen, which can not be content to lyue ydle them selfes like dorres.
1574 T. Hill Ord. Bees xiii If the Dorre bees be over many in the hive..do on this maner.
a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) sig. C8v With brood of waspes, of hornets, doares or bees.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xvi. 75 This forrest was most horribly fertile and copious in dorflies.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 894 The Dors also and Drones they kill.
1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 37 Resembling a young Dore, or Humble Bee.
2. A flying coleopterous insect or beetle; also dor-beetle, dor-fly. spec. (a) the common black dung beetle or dumble-dor ( Geotrupes stercorarius), which flies after sunset; (b) the cockchafer or may-bug; (c) the rose-beetle; (d) (also, vaguely) other species, chiefly of lamellicorn beetles.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > member of (horned beetle)
dora1450
rhinoceros1658
rhinoceros beetle1681
phyllophagan1842
rhino beetle1951
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of (dung-beetle)
sharnbudc1000
dora1450
clock1568
sharn-bug1608
dung beetle1634
grey fly1638
dunghill beetle1658
comb-chafer1712
tumble-turd1754
tumble-dung1775
dung-chafer1805
tumble-bug1805
tumbler1807
bull-comber1813
straddle-bug1839
lamellicorn1842
scarabaeidan1842
shard-beetle1854
watchman1864
scarabaeoid1887
scarabaeid1891
minotaur1918
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > member of subfamily Cetoniinae or genus Cetonia > cetonia aurata (rose-chafer)
dora1450
rose fly1680
rose chafer1704
rose-bug1706
rose beetle?1735
goldsmith1799
goldsmith beetle1841
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > member of (cockchafer)
chaferc1000
kafer1599
cockchafer1668
miller1668
May-bug1688
May-beetle1720
oak-web1720
humbuzz1756
May-chafer1766
dor-beetle1774
locust1790
fern-web1796
melolonthian1841
lamellicorn1842
furze-owl1847
rose beetle1856
melolonthid1928
billywitch1933
a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 26 In June take the creket & the dorre & also a red worme.
1598 B. Yong tr. A. Pérez 2nd Pt. Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 309 The dore, a little creature, so vile, and common.
1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husbandry (1668) ii. xvii. 76 The cure or prevention for these Dores, or black Clocks.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 54 The Dor or Beetle (which you may find under a Cow-turd). View more context for this quotation
1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 347 The next is a pale green shining Dor.
1752 Thyer Note on Milton 483 A brownish kind of beetle powdered with a little white, commonly known by the name of cockchaffer or dorrfly.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 130 The may-bug, or dorr-beetle, as some call it.
1835 R. Browning Paracelsus v. 189 The shining dorrs are busy.
1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross II. iii. 58 A bat, or an owl, or a big dor-beetle.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
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beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
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1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. iii. sig. Fv Why should I care what euery Dor doth buzze In credulous eares?
1645 J. Milton Colasterion 26 Infested, somtimes at his face, with dorrs and horsflies.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia in Poems (1878) The Author 8 Nor..to stoope at the thicke-shell'd Dorrs of Obiection.
Compounds
dor-bee n.
dor-beetle n. (see senses 1, 2).
dor-bug n. a name applied in America to various beetles, esp. Lachnosterna fusca.
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1833 A. Greene Life & Adv. D. Duckworth I. 86 It's a dorbug!
1849 F. Parkman Calif. & Oregon Trail (1872) 42 The dor-bugs hummed through the tent.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance iv. 33 Our fire-light will draw stragglers, just as a candle draws dorbugs.
1863 T. W. Higginson Out-door Papers (1874) 271 The Dytiscus, dorbug of the water, blunders clumsily against it.
dor-fly n. (see senses 1, 2).
dor-hawk n. the goatsucker or night-jar.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, etc.) > [noun] > family Caprimulgidae > member of genus Caprimulgus > caprimulgus europaeus (nightjar)
goat-milker1611
goatsucker1611
nighthawk1611
nightjar1630
dor-hawk1668
churn-owl1674
fern-owl1678
goat owl1766
eve-jara1793
puckeridgea1793
moth-hunter1816
wheel-bird1817
jar-owl1832
nightchurr1837
night-swallow1840
eve-churr1861
wheeler1862
scissors-grinder1875
puck1878
spinner1885
1668 Sir T. Browne Wks. (1848) III. 505 Have you a caprimulgus, or dorhawk?
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 98 The goatsucker..feeds on moths, gnats, and dorrs, or chaffers; from whence Charlton calls it the Dorr-hawk.
1832 W. Wordsworth Calm is Fragrant Air 22 The busy dor-hawk chases the white moth With burring note.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
sotc1000
beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
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1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. ix. sig. Oo.ii/2 There is none so verie a dorrhead, as that hee vnderstandeth not [etc.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† dorn.2
Obsolete.
Scoff, mockery, ‘making game’ chiefly in phrase to give (any one) the dor: to make game of, mock, subject to ridicule; so to put the dor upon, to receive or endure the dor, etc. (From quot. 1552, perhaps originally a term at cards.)
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [noun]
hokerOE
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scornc1175
gabbinga1225
bourd1320
scoffc1330
illusiona1382
mowinga1382
derisiona1400
mockery?a1439
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dor1552
jerking1565
mock1569
frumpery1582
subsannation1587
floutage1600
ridiculous1605
ludibry1637
ridicule1675
razoo1888
stick1956
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dorre at cardes.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Oiiv/1 A Dorre, blanke, argutia.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 494/2 The dorre, which..Hubert did put vpon K. John and his late design.
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. I. 236 Which [change of colour] if your Antagonist,..shall ignorantly be without, and your selfe can produce; you giue him the dor. [See the whole passage.]
a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeeev/2 I will never beare this, Never endure this dor.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vii. xxv. 91 There oft to rivalls lends the gentle Dor, Oft takes (his mistresse by) the bitter Bob.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Lovers Progres i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iii4/1 I would not receive the Dor.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Loves Pilgrimage iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbbbb3v/1 What dor unto a doating Maid this was, What a base breaking off.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 20 [He] brings home the dorre upon himselfe.
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 172 They all thought he had put the Dor, as they say, upon the Chief Justice.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxxi He has given the Lord High Admiral the dor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† dorn.3
Obsolete. rare.
A fool.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]
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buffardc1430
fopc1440
joppec1440
fonda1450
fondlinga1450
insipienta1513
plume of feathers1530
bobolynec1540
dizzard1546
Little Witham?1548
nodc1563
dawkin1565
cocknel1566
nigion1570
niddicock1577
nodcock1577
cuckoo1581
Jack with the feather1581
niddipol1582
noddyship?1589
stirkc1590
fonkin1591
Gibraltar1593
fopper1598
noddypeak1598
coxcombry1600
simple1600
gowka1605
nup1607
fooliaminy1608
silly ass1608
dosser-head1612
dor1616
glow-worm1624
liripipea1625
doodle1629
sop1637
spalt1639
fool's head1650
buffle1655
Jack Adams1656
bufflehead1659
nincompoopc1668
bavian1678
nokes1679
foolanea1681
cod1699
hulver-head1699
nigmenog1699
single ten1699
mud1703
dowf1722
foolatum1740
silly billy1749
tommy noddy1774
arsec1785
nincom1800
silly1807
slob1810
omadhaun1818
potwalloper1820
mosy1824
amadan1825
gump1825
gype1825
oonchook1825
prawn1845
suck-egg1851
goosey1852
nowmun1854
pelican1856
poppy-show1860
buggerlugs1861
damfool1881
mudhead1882
yob1886
peanut head1891
haggis bag1892
poop1893
gazob1906
mush1906
wump1908
zob1911
gorm1912
goof1916
goofus1916
gubbins1916
dumb cluck1922
twat1922
B.F.1925
goofer1925
bird brain1926
berk1929
Berkeley1929
Berkeley Hunt1929
ding1929
loogan1929
stupido1929
poop-stick1930
nelly1931
droop1932
diddy1933
slappy1937
goof ball1938
get1940
poon1940
tonk1941
clot1942
yuck1943
possum1945
gobdaw1947
momo1953
nig-nog1953
plonker1955
weenie1956
nong-nong1959
Berkshire Hunt1960
balloon1965
doofus1965
dork1965
nana1965
shit-for-brains1966
schmoll1967
tosspot1967
lunchbox1969
doof1971
tonto1973
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1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. i, in Wks. I. 235 This nights sport Which our court-Dors so heartily intend.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† dorv.1
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To make game of, make a fool of, mock, befool, confound. to dor the dotterel: to cajole or hoax a simpleton: cf. dare v.2 5.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)]
belirtOE
bitruflea1250
begab1297
bobc1320
bedaffc1386
befool1393
mock1440
triflea1450
glaik?a1513
bedawa1529
fond?1529
allude1535
gulla1550
dolt1553
dor1570
poop1575
colt1579
foolify1581
assot1583
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begecka1586
elude1594
wigeona1595
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fop1602
begull1605
waddle1606
woodcockize1611
bemocka1616
greasea1625
noddypoop1640
truff1657
bubble1668
cully1676
coaxc1679
dupe1704
to play off1712
noodle1769
idiotize1775
oxify1804
tomfool1835
sammyfoozle1837
trail1847
pipe lay1848
pigwidgeon1852
green1853
con1896
rib1912
shuck1959
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Oiiv/1 To Dorre, arguere.
1577 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory 368 Thinke not to dorre vs with Cyprians name.
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso v. xxxix. 35 Hoped you that with this I could be dord?
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iv. i. sig. K Oh that villaine dors me. View more context for this quotation
1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. ii. 53 in Wks. II Heere he comes, whistle, be this sport call'd Dorring the Dottrell.
1641 S. Marshall et al. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §10 (1653) 42 But this is but a blind, wherewith the Bishop would Dorre his Reader.
1675 C. Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 177 No more thou now shalt dorre me.
2. intransitive. To make sport, mock.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)]
teleeOE
laughOE
bismerc1000
heascenc1000
hethec1175
scornc1175
hokera1225
betell?c1225
scorn?c1225
forhushc1275
to make scorn at, toc1320
boba1382
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lakea1400
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triflea1450
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mock?c1450
mowc1485
to make (a) mock at?a1500
to make mocks at?a1500
scrip?a1513
illude1516
delude1526
deride1530
louta1547
to toy with ——1549–62
flout1551
skirp1568
knack1570
to fart against1574
frump1577
bourd1593
geck?a1600
scout1605
subsannate1606
railly1612
explode1618
subsannea1620
dor1655
monkeya1658
to make an ass of (someone)1680
ridicule1680
banter1682
to run one's rig upon1735
fun1811
to get the run upon1843
play1891
to poke mullock at1901
razz1918
flaunt1923
to get (or give) the razoo1926
to bust (a person's) chops1953
wolf1966
pimp1968
1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. vii. ii. 96 There was not one of them which dorred at the difficulty of the enterprize.
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† dordorrv.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To make dim or dull (in colour); to deaden.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > make dull
dullc1386
dor1601
dullify1657
mortify1711
dun1766
dullen1832
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. ix. xxxviii. 259 The lightnesse or sadnesse of the one [colour] doth quicken and raise, or els dorr and take downe the colour of the other [L. aut adstringitur, Fr. ou bien la retire].
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 150 By a good medly of them both to darken and dor the worst by laying the better to.
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