doos

Dutch (Brabantic)

/doːs/

noun
Definitions
  • box
  • (vulgar) vagina
  • (pejorative) stupid female, cunt (objectionable woman)
  • (informal) prison

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch dose derived from Latin dosis (the small box in which a dose of medication was given, dose) root from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (give, spread out, lay out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*deh₃-

Gloss

give, spread out, lay out

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