Dennis
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈdɛnɪs//
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
proper noun
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A male given name from Ancient Greek.
I will physic your rankness, and yet give no thousand crowns neither. Holla, Dennis!
Each disliked the choice of the other. "Charles is a stern name," she affirmed. "Nonsense," said Philip. "It's as agreeable a name as there is. Dennis sounds like a comical Irish story." "You just show your bad feeling when you say such a thing," she retorted. "'T is a grand name!"
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Murray County, Georgia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Georgia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Cape May County, New Jersey.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Parker County, Texas.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
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A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
Etymology
From Middle English Denis, from Old French saint's name Denis, brought to England by Normans; from Latin Dionysius, a masculine name literally meaning “follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”.
Dennis · A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Denny · A diminutive of the male given names Denis or Dennis.denounce · To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to…dense · Having relatively high density.