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loris¹

  • /ˈlɔːɹɪs/ UK
  • /ˈlɔɹɪs/ US

Rhymes with -ɔːɹɪs

Where it comes from

From French loris, reportedly from obsolete Dutch loeris (“simpleton”).

noun lorises

  1. Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the subfamily Lorisinae, found in India and southeast Asia. If the stairs allow such room for thought it’s because Trudy is taking them at the pace of the slowest loris.

Loris²

proper noun

  1. A male given name.

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@misc{loris_2026,
  title = {loris},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/loris},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}