Home › Words › L › lorisloris/ˈlɔːɹɪs/loris means A female given name.loris is pronounced /ˈlɔːɹɪs/.EtymologyFrom French loris, reportedly from obsolete Dutch loeris (“simpleton”).nameA female given name.nounAny of several small, slow-moving primates, of the subfamily Lorisinae, found in India and southeast Asia.e.g.“If the stairs allow such room for thought it’s because Trudy is taking them at the pace of the slowest loris.” — 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 135:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).