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dis

1  [dees]
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–noun, plural dis⋅ir  [dee-sir] . Scandinavian Mythology.
1. lady; woman.
2. female deity, esp. one promoting fertility: often used as a suffix on names: Freydis; Hjordis; Thordis.
Origin:
< ON dīs, pl. dīsir; orig. uncert.
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2  [dis] verb, dissed, dis⋅sing, noun Slang.
–verb (used with object)
1. to show disrespect for; affront.
2. to disparage; belittle.
–noun
3. insult or disparagement; criticism.
Origin:
1980–85, Americanism; from dis- 1 extracted from such words as disrespect and disparage

Dis

  [dis]
–noun Classical Mythology.
a god of the underworld.
Also called Dis Pater.
Compare Pluto.

dis-

1 
a Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” “utterly,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force (see de-, un- 2 ); used freely, esp. with these latter senses, as an English formative: disability; disaffirm; disbar; disbelief; discontent; dishearten; dislike; disown.
Also, di-.

Origin:
< L (akin to bis, Gk dís twice); before f, dif-; before some consonants, di-; often r. obs. des- < OF

dis-

2 
var. of di- 1 before s: dissyllable.

DIS

 
Trademark.
the Disney Channel: a cable television channel.

dis.

 
1. distance.
2. distant.
3. distribute.

di

2  [dee]
–noun Music.
a tone in the ascending chromatic scale between do and re.
Origin:
perh. alter. of do 2

Di

  [dahy]
–noun
a female given name, form of Diana.

di-

1 
a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double” (diphthong); on this model, freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide).
Also, dis- 2 .
Compare mono-.

Origin:
ME ≪ L < Gk, comb. form repr. dís twice, double, akin to dýo two. See bi-, twi-
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dis or diss   (dĭs)   
tr.v.   dissed, diss·ing, diss·es Informal
To show disrespect to, often by insult or criticism: "[The network] is often dissed for going after older, less demographically desirable viewers" (Michael McWilliams).

[African American Vernacular English, short for disrespect.]
Dis   (dĭs)   
n.   Roman Mythology

  1. The god of the underworld; Pluto.

  2. The underworld.


[Latin Dīs, from variant of dīves, wealthy (from the belief that the underworld was the source of wealth from the ground); see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
dis(s)

  1. tv.
    to belittle someone; to show disrespect for someone. (From disrespect.) : Please stop dissing my little sister. She didn't do any of those things.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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dis(s) (on (so)) [ˈdɪs...]

  1. in.
    to belittle [someone]; to show disrespect [for someone]. (From disrespect.) : Gary is such a complainer. All he does is diss.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

dis- 
prefix meaning 1. "lack of, not" (e.g. dishonest); 2. "do the opposite of" (e.g. disallow); 3. "apart, away" (e.g. discard), from O.Fr. des-, from L. dis- "apart," from PIE *dis- "apart, asunder" (cf. O.E. te-, O.S. ti-, O.H.G. ze-, Ger. zer-). The PIE root is a secondary form of *dwis- and is thus related to L. bis "twice" (originally *dvis) and to duo, on notion of "two-ways, in twain." Dis has even stepped out on its own as a word (1980), as a shortening of disrespect or dismiss, originally in U.S. Black English, popularized by hip hop slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: DI
Function: abbreviation
diabetes insipidus

Main Entry: dis
Function: abbreviation
1 disabled
2 disease
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

di- pref.

  1. Two; twice; double: dichromatic.

  2. Containing two atoms, radicals, or groups: diiodide.

dis- pref.

  1. Not: disjugate.

  2. Absence of; opposite of: disorientation.

  3. Undo; do the opposite of: dislocate.

  4. Deprive of; remove: dismember.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
dis

  1. disease

  2. to be disrespectful toward

DIS

  1. Defense Investigative Service

  2. Disney Channel

  3. Walt Disney Co.

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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