loris

See also: Loris

English

A 19th-century watercolour of a Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) clinging to a coffee plant (Coffea arabica), from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings at the National Museum of Singapore

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːɹɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɹɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪs

Noun

loris (plural lorises)

1. Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the family Lorisidae, found in India and southeast Asia.
   • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 135:

     If the stairs allow such room for thought it’s because Trudy is taking them at the pace of the slowest loris.

Derived terms

• slender loris (Loris)
• slow loris (Nycticebus)

See also

• angwantibo
• potto

Anagrams

• loirs, roils

Latin

Noun

lōrīs

1. dative/ablative plural of lōrum

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔrɪs/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔriz/
• Rhymes: -ɔrɪs, -ɔrɪz

Noun

loris

1. plural of lori