Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The chemical symbol of the metal didymium.
- [lowercase] An abbreviation of Latin dimidius, half.
- A prefix of Latin origin, the form of
dis- before certain consonants: seedis- . - A prefix of Greek origin, cognate with bi- (which see), and meaning ‘two-,’ ‘twofold,’ ‘double,’ as in
dipterous , two-winged, diptych, a two-leaved tablet, diarchy, government by two, etc. - A prefix of Greek origin, the form of
dia- before a vowel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A Roman numeral representing five hundred and one (501).
- noun Plural form of
deus .
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Examples
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I wuz eben humming da Di di di di…di di….di di….ddiiii!
no skwish! i be gud! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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-- _Ragguagli sulla Vita e sulle Opere di Marin Sanuto, &c. Intitolati dall 'amicizia di_ _uno
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Angeli_, 3, 10, 15, 16, etc. _La selva d 'un luogo deserto del val di Spoleto_ (Carceri?), 4; _selva di Forano_, 42. _di
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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_Camerotti di sotto_, and _di soprà_, (Venetian prisons), _iv.
The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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The preposition di is used 'in wds of Gk origin or in Eng. formations modelled on them, w. the sense
Making Visible: The Diorama, the Double and the (Gothic) Subject 2005
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Mapë'di is a black mass that grows in the husk of an ear of corn; it is what you say white men call corn smut fungus.
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There's a saying in Italian, di mamma ce n'è una sola …, there's only one mother, in other words, you only have one mother …
Do Bianchi 2008
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mollusque commented on the word di
A plural of "deus" (SOWPODS); a tone in bobization (under which it is listed in MW3).
December 6, 2007