dess

See also:Dess,deß,anddess.

English

Etymology 1

Probably aclippingofdesperate.

Adjective

dess(comparativemoredess,superlativemostdess)

1. (MTE,slang)Unattractive,unappealing.
   • 2021October 2, u/loading___help, “How did he even think he was getting away 😭”, inReddit‎^[2],r/Torontology, archived fromthe originalon8 June 2024:

     They're honestly some of the dumbest niggas I've ever seen p.o is the mostdessblock in Toronto

   • 2023August 18, @CHICVGO,Twitter‎^[3],archived fromthe originalon8 June 2024:

     Definitely need a few more female friends. This staying inside all the time/entertaining myself shit isdess.I am too young to be feeling this old due to a lack of friendships.

   • 2024March 11, u/Click-Good, “Paperboy got hit up last night”, inReddit‎^[4],r/Torontology, archived fromthe originalon8 June 2024:

     These kids are sodess.Imagine going live with bullet holes and tubes coming out you. Lmao insanity

   • 2024April 13, @FCGunnis,Twitter‎^[5],archived fromthe originalon8 June 2024:

     Periods aredessasf!

Etymology 2

Noun

dess(pluraldesses)

1. Obsoleteform ofdais.

Further reading

• “dess”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• “dess”,inUrban Dictionary,launched 1999.
• Melissa Douglas, Shiyan Liang (2024) “dess”, in Eshe Mercer-James, Elaine Gold, editors,A Dictionary of English in Multicultural Toronto‎^[6],Toronto, Ont.:Canadian Language Museum,archived fromthe originalon2024-05-15:“conventionally unattractive; insult.”

Anagrams

• ESDs,SDEs,SEDs,SSED,seds

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

FromOld Norseþess,genitive ofþat.

Adverb

dess

1. the,when used with two comparatives.

   Desstynnere røret er,dessstørre er høydeforskjellen,...

   Thethinner the tube,thegreater the difference in height,... (WikipediaKapillarkrefter)

Derived terms

• dessuten

References

• “dess”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dess_2”inDet Norske Akademis ordbok(NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dɛsː/

Etymology 1

FromOld Norseþess,masculine or neuter genitive singular ofþatn.

Adverb

dess

1. the(With a comparative or more and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.)

   Desssterkare,dessbetre.

   Thestronger,thebetter.

Synonyms

• di
• jo

Determiner

dess

1. (rare,literary);possessive form ofdet.

Pronoun

dess

1. (rare,literary);possessive form ofdet.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Dess(alternative capitalization)

Noun

dessm(definite singulardessen,indefinite pluraldessar,definite pluraldessane)

2. (music)D-flat

Derived terms

• dess-durm

References

• “dess”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

FromProto-Celtic*dexswos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dʲes/

Adjective

dess

1. right(side, as opposed to left)
   • c.845,St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published inThesaurus Palaeohibernicus(reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 17^b2

     a lleth o laimdeiss

     with the half from therighthand

2. south

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dess	dess	dess
Vocative	deiss* dess**
Accusative	dess	deiss
Genitive	deiss	deisse	deiss
Dative	dess	deiss	dess
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	deiss	dessa
Vocative	dessu dessa†
Accusative	dessu dessa†
Genitive	dess
Dative	dessaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Derived terms

• andes

Descendants

• Irish:deas
• Manx:jiass
• Scottish Gaelic:deas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dess	dess pronounced with/ð(ʲ)-/	ndess
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dess”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Alternative forms

• deß(archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dɛsː/
• Rhymes:-ɛsː

Pronoun

dess

1. (possessive)its(3rd person singular inanimate common and neuter genitive)
2. At a specific given time,then

   Sendesshar de rivit stället

   Sincethen,they've torn the place down

   Tilldessfår du ha det så bra

   Untilthen,have a good time

3. (chiefly in some expressions)Synonym ofdesto

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig,mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig,dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine(person)	han	honom,han2,en5	hans
		feminine(person)	hon	henne,na5	hennes
		gender-neutral(person)1	hen	hen,henom7	hens
		common(noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter(noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	manoren4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig,sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår,våran2	vårt,vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er,eran2,ers6	ert,erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder,eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de,dom3	dem,dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig,sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquialpronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative toman,to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by theSwedish Language Council

Noun

dessn

1. (music)D-flat;the note D♭

Declension

Declension ofdess

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dess	dess
	definite	desset	dessets
plural	indefinite	dess	dess
	definite	dessen	dessens

Related terms

• diss

Anagrams

• seds