Probably aclipping ofdesperate.^[1]

dess (comparativemoredess,superlativemostdess)

1. (MTE, slang)Unattractive,unappealing.
   • 2021 October 2, u/loading___help, “How did he even think he was getting away 😭”, inReddit‎^[2], r/Torontology, archived fromthe original on8 June 2024:

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

   • 2023 August 18, @CHICVGO,Twitter‎^[3], archived fromthe original on8 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.

   • 2024 March 11, u/Click-Good, “Paperboy got hit up last night”, inReddit‎^[4], r/Torontology, archived fromthe original on8 June 2024:

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

   • 2024 April 13, @FCGunnis,Twitter‎^[5], archived fromthe original on8 June 2024:

     Periods aredess asf!

dess (pluraldesses)

1. Obsolete form ofdais.

• “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 original on15 May 2024: “conventionally unattractive; insult.”

• ESDs,SDEs,SEDs,SSED,seds

FromOld Norseþess, genitive ofþat.

dess

1. the, when used with two comparatives.

   Dess tynnere røret er,dess større er høydeforskjellen, ...

   The thinner the tube,the greater the difference in height, ... (WikipediaKapillarkrefter)

• dessuten

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

• IPA^(key): /dɛsː/

FromOld Norseþess, masculine or neuter genitive singular ofþat n.

dess

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

   Dess sterkare,dess betre.

   The stronger,the better.

• di
• jo

dess

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

dess

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

• Dess(alternative capitalization)

dess m (definite singulardessen,indefinite pluraldessar,definite pluraldessane)

2. (music)D-flat

• dess-dur m

• “dess” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromProto-Celtic*dexswos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̠ʲes/

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 theright hand

2. south

• andes

• Irish:deas
• Manx:jiass
• Scottish Gaelic:deas
• Middle Irish:tess(adverb)
  • Irish:theas

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

• deß(archaic)

• IPA^(key): /dɛsː/
• Rhymes:-ɛsː

dess

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

   Sendess har de rivit stället

   Sincethen, they've torn the place down

   Tilldess får du ha det så bra

   Untilthen, have a good time

3. (chiefly in some expressions)synonym ofdesto

dess n

1. (music)D-flat; the note D♭

• diss

• seds

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