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Lois

/ˈləʊ.ɪs/

Lois proper noun: the grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.

Proper noun

Lois

  1. The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.
    • When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.2 Timothy 1: 5
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.
    • Modernity might also lie in a name like Lois - pronounced Loys in Trinidad - which came to the island in the 1940s through Lois Lane, the heroine of the American Superman comic strip.1962, V.S.Naipaul, The Middle Passage, page 48

Noun capitalized: LOIs

LOIs

  1. (plural) plural of LOI

Origin of Lois

From Ancient Greek Λωΐς (Lōḯs), of obscure meaning. Unrelated to Louise or Louisa.

Words formed from Lois

Words that rhyme with Lois

Questions about Lois

What does Lois mean?
Lois means the grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.
What part of speech is Lois?
Lois can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Lois?
Lois is pronounced /ˈləʊ.ɪs/.

Words near Lois in the dictionary

  1. Loire
  2. Loire-Atlantique
  3. Loire-Inférieure
  4. Loiret
  5. loirs
  6. Lois
  7. Loiselle
  8. Loiselles
  9. loiter
  10. loiter munition
  11. loiter munitions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lois (page history and authors); LOIs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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