different between doss vs dess

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /d?s/
• Rhymes: -?s, -??s

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin dorsum (“the back”), i.e. what one lies on when sleeping; perhaps from English dialect doss (“a hassock”).

Verb

doss (third-person singular simple present dosses, present participle dossing, simple past and past participle dossed)

1. (intransitive, Britain and Ireland) To avoid work, shirk, etc.

2. (intransitive, Britain, slang) To sleep in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless

Noun

doss (countable and uncountable, plural dosses)

1. (slang, Britain and Ireland) The avoidance of work.

2. (slang, Britain and Ireland) An easy piece of work.

3. (slang, dated, Britain and Ireland) A place to sleep in; a bed.
4. (slang, dated, Britain and Ireland, by extension) Sleep.

Adjective

doss (not comparable)

1. (Scotland) Useless or lazy. Generally combined with expletive noun, especially cunt.

2. (Scotland) Good, desirable.

See also

• doss about
• doss around
• doss down
• doss-house
• doss off
• dosser

Anagrams

• DSOs, SDOs, dsos, sods

English

Noun

dess (plural desses)

1. Obsolete form of dais.

Anagrams

• ESDs, SDEs, SEDs, SSED, seds

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þess, genitive of þat

Adverb

dess

1. the, when used with two comparatives.

Derived terms

• dessuten

References

• “dess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dess_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þess, masculine or neuter genitive singular of þat n.

Adverb

dess

1. the (With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.)

Synonyms

• di
• jo

Determiner

dess

1. (rare, literary); possessive form of det.

Pronoun

dess

1. (rare, literary); possessive form of det.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Dess (alternative capitalization)

Noun

dess m (definite singular dessen, indefinite plural dessar, definite plural dessane)

2. (music) D-flat

Derived terms

• dess-dur m

References

• “dess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dexswos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?es/

Adjective

dess

1. right (side, as opposed to left)
   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 17^b2

2. south

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: deas
• Scottish Gaelic: deas

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Pronoun

dess

1. (possessive) its (3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
2. At a specific given timen

Declension

Noun

dess ?

1. (music) D-flat

Anagrams

• seds