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DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

DIONYSIUS AREOPAGITICUS (or " the Areopagite ")

DIONYSIUS EXIGUUS

DIONYSIUS HALICARNASSENSIS (" of Halicarnassus ")

DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES

DIONYSIUS TELMAHARENSIS (" of Tell-Mabre ")

DIONYSIUS THRAX (so called because his father was a Thracian)

DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

DIORITE (from the Gr. S&oi4eiv to distinguish, from hA through, Epos, a boundary)

DIP (Old Eng. dyppan, connected with the common Teutonic root seen in " deep ")

DIPHENYL (phenyl benzene), C6H5

DIPHTHERIA (from 8c4BEpa, a skin or membrane)

DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

JOHANN KONRAD DIPPEL (1673-1734)

DIPSOMANIA (from Gr. & 'a, thirst, and µavia, madness)

DIPTERA (Sir, double, arepa, wings)

DIPTERAL (Gr. for " double-winged ")

DIPTYCH (Gr. &sravxos, two-folding), (I) A

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

DISCHARGE WITH VARYING

DISCHARGING ARCH

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, or CHRISTIANS

DISCUS (Gr. &oEor, disk)

DISEASES AND INJURIES OF

DISEASES OF OLFACTORY

DISEASES OF THE

DISORDERLY HOUSE

DISPATCH, or DESPATCH

DISPERSION (from Lat. dispergere, to scatter)

DISSECTION (from Lat. dissecare, to cut apart)

DISSENTER (Lat. dis-sentire, to disagree)

DISSIPATION OF HEAD IN

DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

DISTRACTION (from Lat. distrakere, to pull asunder)

DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

DISTRIBUTION OF

DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY IN INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS

DISTYLE (from Gr. &-, two, and rrOXos, column)

DITETRAGONAL PYRAMIDAL

DITHMARSCHEN, or DITMARSH (in the oldest form of the name Thiatmaresgaho, Dietmar's Gau')

DITHYRAMBIC POETRY

DITRIGONAL BIPYRAMIDAL

DITRIGONAL PYRAMIDAL

KARL DITTERS VON DITTERSDORF (1739-1799)

DITTO (from the Lat. dictum, something said, Ital. detto, aforesaid)

HUMPHRY DITTON (1675-1715)

DIVAN (Arabic divan)

DIVIDEND (Lat. dividendum, a thing to be divided)

ASTROLOGY OMEN DIVINATION

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX (1802-1887)

GEORGE DIXON (1755 ?–1800)

HENRY HALL DIXON (1822-1870)

RICHARD WATSON DIXON (1833-1900)

WILLIAM HEPWORTH DIXON (1821-1879)

DJAKOVO (sometimes written Djakovar, Hungarian Diakovdr)

DLS TED MO OQSTR

JAN [JOHANNES LONGINUS] DLUGOSZ (1415-1480)

IVAN IVANOVICH DMITRIEV (1760-1837)

DNIESTER (Tyras and Danaster or Danastris of classical authors, Nistrul of the Rumanians, and Turla of the Turks)

GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE (1799–1859)

SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL (1824-1874)

DOBERAN, or DOBBERAN

JOHANN WOLFGANG DOBEREINER (178o--1849)

PETER PAUL DOBREE (1782-1825)

GABOR [GABRIEL] DOBRENTEI (1786-1851)

MARTIN DOBRIZHOFFER (1717-1791)

JOSEPH DOBROWSKY (1753-1829)

DOBRUDJA (Bulgarian Dobritch, Rumanian Dobrogea)

DOBSINA (Ger. Dobschau)

HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON (184o- )

WILLIAM DOBSON (16ro-1646)

DOCHMIAC (from Gr. Boxµ, a hand's breadth)

DOCKET (perhaps from " dock," to curtail or cut short, with the diminutive suffix et, but the origin of the word is obscure; it has come into use since the 15th century)

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

WILLIAM DODD (1729-1977)

DODDER (Frisian dodd, a bunch; Dutch dot, ravelled thread)

PHILIP DODDRIDGE (1702-1751)

DODECAHEDRON (Gr. Melia, twelve, and ESpa, a face or base)

DODECASTYLE (Gr. & eica, twelve, and vrIXos, column)

JOHANN CHRISTOPH WILHELM LUDWIG DODERLEIN (1791–1863)

THEODORE AYRAULT DODGE (1842–1909)

CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON

DODO (from the PortugueseDhudo, a simpleton)

MARCUS DODS (1834-1909)

ROBERT DODSLEY (1703-1764)

ROGER DODSWORTH (1585-1654)

EDWARD DODWELL (1767-1832)

HENRY DODWELL (1641-1711)

DOGGETT (or DOGGET), THOMAS (d. 1721)

DOGMA (Gr. Sbypa, from b6aeiv, to seem; literally " that which seems, sc. good or true or useful " to any one)

DOGMATIC THEOLOGY

DOGWOOD (i.e. wood of the dog-tree; referred by the New English Dictionary to " dog," apparently as indicating inferiority; but by others connected with " (lag," " dagger," and by Prior with A.S. dolt, a brooch-pin)

PUBLIUS CORNELIUS DOLABELLA

JOHN DOLBEN (1625–1686)

DOLCE, LUDOVICO, or LUIGI (15o8–i568 or 1569)

DOLCI, CARLO, or CARLINO (,616—,686)

DOLDRUMS (a slang term, dol = dull; cf. tantrum)

DOLE (from Old Eng. dal, cf. mod. " deal ")

DOLERITE (from Gr. SoXepos, deceptive)

ETIENNE DOLET (1509-1546)

DOLGELLEY (Dolgellau, dale of hazels)

COUNT VASJLY LUKICH DOLGOHUKI (1672–1739)

DOLICHOCEPHALIC (long-headed)

ROBERT WILLIAM RADCLYFFE DOLLING (1851–1902)

JOHANN JOSEPH IGNAZ VON DOLLINGER (1799-1890)

JOHN DOLLOND (1706—1761)

DOLMAN (from Turk. dol¢mkn)

DOLNJA TUZLA, or D0N

DOMAT, or DAUMAT, JEAN (1625-1696)

JAN HENRYK DOMBRCWSKI (1755-1818)

DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

DOMENICHINO (or DOMENICO), ZAMPIERI (1581-1641)

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

ALFRED DOMETT (1811-1887)

DOMICILE (Lat. domicilium, from domus, home)

SAINT DOMINIC (1170-1221)

MARCO ANTONIO DE DOMINIS (1560-1624)

DOMINUS (from an Indo-European root dam-, cf. Gr. Sapav, to subdue, and Eng. " tame ")

DOMITIAN (Thus FLAVIUS DOMITIANUS)

DON (anc. Tanais)

TERRITORY OF THE DON COSSACKS (Russ. Donskaya Oblast)

JOHN WILLIAM DONALDSON (1811-1861)

SIR JAMES DONALDSON (183x- )

DONATELLO (diminutive of Donato) (c. 1386-1466)

GIOVANNI BATTISTA DONATI (1826-1873 )

DONATIO MORTIS CAUSA (grant in case of death)

DONATION OF CONSTANTINE (Donatio Constantini)

GAETANO DONIZETTI (1798-1848)

DONJON (from a Late Lat. accusative form domnionem, connected with domnus or dominus, a lord)

SIR RUFANE SHAW DONKIN (1773-1841)

CHARLES MAURICE DONNAY (1859– )

JOHN DONNE (1573–1631)

JUAN DONOSO CORTES

EDWARD DONOVAN (1768–1837)

DOOM (Old Eng. dOm, a word common to Tent. languages for that which is set up or ordered, from " do," in its original meaning of " place "; cf, Gr. &Ass, from stem of ri'rust)

DOON DE MAYENCE

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

DOOR FOR REMOVING

DOORWAY (corresponding to the Gr. Iran, Lat. porte)

JOHN DORAN (1807-1878)

CLAUDE JOSEPH DORAT (1734-1780)

VISCOUNT DUDLEY CARLETON DORCHESTER (1573-1632)

GUY CARLETON DORCHESTER

DORDRECHT (abbreviated Dordt, or Dort)

LOUIS AUGUSTE GUSTAVE DORE (1832-1883)

ANDREA DORIA (1466-156o)

SIR ANTOINE DORION

ISAAC DORISLAUS (1595–1649)

LOUIS DORLEANS (1542–1629)

DORMER (from Lat. dormire, to sleep)

DORMITORY (Lat. dormitorium, a sleeping place)

DORMOUSE (a word usually taken to be connected with Lat. dormire, to sleep, with " mouse " added, cf. Germ. Schlafratte; it is not a corruption of Fr. dormeuse; Skeat suggests a connexion with Icel. (Mr, benumbed, cf. Eng. " doze ")

ISAAC AUGUST DORNER (1809-1884)

DOROHOI, or DOROGOI

MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF EARLS DORSET

DORSETSHIRE (DORSET)

DORSIVENTRAL (Lat. dorsum, the back, venter, the belly)

DORY, or JOHN DORY (Zeus faber)

DOSITHEUS MAGISTER

DOSSAL (dossel, dorsel or dosel; Fr. dos, back)

DOST MAHOMMED KHAN (1793-1863)

FEODOR MIKHAILOVICH DOSTOIEVSKY (182I-1881)

DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

DOUBLE BASS (Fr. contrebasse; Ger. Kontrabass, Gross Bass Geige; Ital. contrabasso, violone)

ABNER DOUBLEDAY (1819–1893)

THOMAS DOUBLEDAY (1790–1870)

FRANCIS DOUCE (1757-1834)

GAVIN DOUGLAS (1474?-1522)

JOHN DOUGLAS (1721—1807.)

SIR CHARLES DOUGLAS

SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS

STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS (18,3–1861)

FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1817-1895)

SIR HENRY DOULTON (1820-1897)

PAUL DOUMER (1857– )

RENE DOUMIC (186o– )

DOURO (Span. Duero, Port. Douro, anc. Durius)

JANUS [Jan van der Does] DOUSA

JEAN BAPTISTE DOUVILLE (1794?-1837)

DOUW (or Dow), GERHARD (1613168o)

DOVE (Dutch duyve, Dan. due, Ice. dufa, Ger. Taube)

GEORGE JAMES WELBORE DOVER

EARL OF HENRY JERMYN DOVER (c. 1636-1708)

ROBERT DOVER (1575-1641)

LORENZO DOW (1777-1834)

NEAL DOW (1804-1897)

DOWAGER (from the Old Fr. douagiere, mod. douairiere)

EDWARD DOWDEN (1843- )

WILLIAM DOWDESWELL (1721-1775)

DOWER (through the Old Fr. douaire from late Lat. dotarium, classical Lat. dos, dowry)

JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE (1848-1907)

DOWNES [D (o)UNAEUS], ANDREW (c. 1549-1628)

SIR GEORGE DOWNING

JOHN DOWNMAN (1750–1824)

1ST MARQUESS OF WILLS HILL DOWNSHIRE (1718-1793)

DOWRY (in Anglo-Fr. dowarie, O. Fr. douaire, Med. Lat. dotaria, from Lat. dos; from root of dare, to give; in Fr. dot)

DOXOLOGY (Gr. 3oi oXoyia, a praising, giving glory)

GABRIEL FRANCOIS DOYEN (1726-1806)

JOHN ANDREW DOYLE (1844-1907)

RICHARD DOYLE (1824-1883)

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859- )

SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS CHARLES DOYLE

GYORGY DOZSA (d. 1514)

REINHART PIETER ANNE DOZY (182o-1883)

HOLGER HENRIK HERBOLDT DRACHMANN (1846-1908)

DRACO (" the Dragon ")

DRACO (7th century B.C.)

BLOSSIUS AEMILIUS DRACONTIUS

DRAFTED MASONRY

DRAG (from the Old Eng. dragan, to draw; the word preserves the g which phonetically developed into w)

DRAGASHANI (Rumanian Draga. ani)

MICHAEL IVANOVICH DRAGOMIROV (1830-1905)

DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

DOMENICO DRAGONETTI (1763-1846)

DRAGOON (Fr. dragon, Ger. Dragoner)

DRAINAGE OF LAND

NATHAN DRAKE (1766-1836)

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE (c. 1545-1595)

ARNOLD DRAKENBORCH (1684-1748)

DRAKENSBERG (Quathlamba or Kahlamba, i.e. " heaped up and jagged," of the natives)

DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

AUGUSTA THEODOSIA DRANE (1823-1894)

JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER (1811-1882)

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

DRAUGHTS (from AS. dragan, to draw)

DRAVE, or DRAVA (Ger. Drau, Hung. Drava, Lat. Dravus)

DRAVIDIAN (Sanskrit Dravida)

DRAWING AND QUARTERING

MICHAEL DRAYTON (1563-1631)

DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

DREDGE AND DREDGING

CHARLES DRELINCOIIRT (1595-1669)

DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

SAMUEL DREW (1765-1833)

ANTHONY JOSEPH DREXEL (1826–1893)

ALFRED DREYFUS (1859– )

DRIFFIELD (officially Great Driffield)

DRIFT (from "drive ")

DRINKING VESSELS

HENRY DRISLER (1818-1897)

SAMUEL ROLLES DRIVER (1846– )

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

DROIT (Fr. for " right," from Lat. directus, straight)

DROMEDARY (from the Gr. Spoµas, SpoµaSos, running, Spaueiv, to run)

DROMOS (Gr. for running-place)