loris
See also: Loris
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Lemur_tardigradus_(sic_%E2%80%93_Nycticebus_coucang)%253B_Booah_Kawah_(Coffee_Tree)_(William_Farquhar_Collection%252C_1819%E2%80%931823).jpg.webp)
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/
Noun
loris (plural lorises)
- 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.
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Derived terms
- slender loris (Loris)
- slow loris (Nycticebus)
See also
- angwantibo
- potto
Anagrams
- loirs, roils
Latin
Noun
lōrīs
- dative/ablative plural of lōrum