loris

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

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

loris (plural lorises)

1. Any of several small, slow-moving primates, of the subfamily Lorisinae, 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.

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

• angwantibo
• potto

• loirs, roils

lōrīs

1. dative/ablative plural of lōrum

loris (Sundanese script ᮜᮧᮛᮤᮞ᮪, active ngaloris)

1. to supervise; to inspect; to oversee

• "loris" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

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

loris

1. plural of lori