Dora
/ˈdɔːrə/(also DORA, D.O.R.A.) originally informal. Now historical
noun
1As an ordinary acronym.
2 Personified (chiefly humorous ).
- Not in widespread use after the 1920s..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), playwright and polemicist. Acronym from the initial letters of Defence of the Realm Act.
Rhymes
- narrativisation
- narrativise
- narrativity
- narrativization
- narrativize
- narratological
- narratologist
- narratology
- narrator
- narratorial
- narratory
- narratress
- narratrix
- narrischkeit
- narrow
- narrow-angle
- narrow-angle glaucoma
- narrow ax
- narrow axe
- narrowback
- narrowband
- narrowboat
- narrowcast
- narrowcaster
- narrow cell