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des
1[ dey ]
preposition
- used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.
DES
2abbreviation for
-des
3- a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek:
proboscides.
DES
abbreviation for
- Department of Education and Science
DES
/ dē′ē-ĕs′ /
- Short for diethylstilbestrol. A synthetic nonsteroidal substance having estrogenic properties and prescribed between 1938 and 1971 to pregnant women with a history of miscarriage and other problems of pregnancy. It is no longer used due to the incidence of certain vaginal cancers and other disorders in the daughters of women so treated.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of des1
< Greek, nominative plural of d- stem nouns
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Example Sentences
The engraving from this picture, in Dibdin's Ædes Althorpianæ, lies before us.
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Delbrueck bases his entire argument on this passage and two other references to a building called ædes.
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There is also an inscription, now in the floor of the cathedral, that mentions ædes.
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There are some other inscriptions not noticed by Delbrueck which mention the ædes, and bear on the question in hand.
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The cave to the west is made by Delbrueck the shrine of Iuppiter puer, and the temple with its cave at the east, the ædes Fortunæ.
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