ロリ
Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
- Clipping of ロリータ (rorīta, “innocent and attractive young girl”).
Etymology 2
Contraction of ロリコン (rorikon, “Lolita complex”), itself a contraction of ロリータコンプレックス (rorīta konpurekkusu), from English Lolita + complex (see the Lolicon article in Wikipedia).
Noun
- Lolita complex, a paraphilia wherein a person is sexually attracted to young girls, either pubescent or prepubescent
- a person with the Lolita complex
- lolicon, a genre of anime and manga with an emphasis on depicting sexual attraction to younger girls or to girls with youthful characteristics
Etymology 3
Japanese rendering of various names.
Proper noun
- a female given name: Laurie, Laury, Lori
- a place name: Lorris, France (archaic usage for modern ロリス (Rorisu)); Lori Province in the north of Armenia