Master Froggy's
Encyclopaedia
Diagon Alley
Home to many wizarding shops behind the Leaky Cauldron in London. Just as Knockturn Alley becomes Nocturnally (Knockturnally) when you put the two words together Diagon alley becomes Diagonally. From both Latin diagonalis, and Greek dia, meaning through, and gonia meaning corner.
Diary of Tom Riddle
Diary that holds spirit of Tom Riddle. Voldemort real name. Purchased from a shop in Vauxhall, London
Diffindo
A spell to make things split or tear- In Latin 'Diffundo' means scatter or pour forth.
Diggle, Dedalus
Made shooting stars fly over Kent and met Harry in the Leaky Cauldron wears a top hat, no doubt in order to blend in with the modern day Muggles.A member of the Order of the Phoenix in both wars, and has met Harry three times, he live somewhere in Kent and according to some people, he makes little sense. In Greek Mythology Daedalus once made wax and feather wings to escape a labyrinth he himself built. Daedalus was the father of Icarus, and he fashioned the wax wings that allowed him and his son to escape Crete though Icarus' wings were melted by the sun
Diggory, Amos
A ruddy-faced wizard with a scrubby brown beard, Cedric's father and the head of the Department of Magical Transportation in the Ministry of Magic. Amos from Hebrew for "carried", an Old Testament prophet with a message of doom.
Diggory Cedric
One of the Hogwart's school Triwazard champions whom Lord Voldemort killed. He was a Hufflepuff house student and captain and seeker of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. In chapter 15 of The Philosopher's Stone. Ronan the Centaur said always the innocent are the first victims. At the time we thought he was referring to the unicorn but is it possible that he was referring to a certain boy with unicorn tail hair in his wand? The innocent first victim is none other than Cedric Diggory. Cedric means a battle chieftain
Dijon
A region of France that Hagrid and Maxime passed through on their way to find the giants.
Dilligrout
A password required by the Fat Lady before she will admit any students into the Gryffindor tower.
After the battle of Hasting and in the ensuing celebrations William the Duke of Normandy was crowned king in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1066; but without his Duchess, Matilda of Flanders. She had remained in Normandy and did not come to England until later. When she did arrive she was crowned queen and the ceremony was followed by a lavish coronation banquet The Royal cook was a Norman by the name of Tezelin. He concocted a dish of white soup called dilligrout, which he served to the Royal couple. King William was so delighted with it that he presented the manor of Addington to his master chef.
Dilys Derwent
See Derwent Dilys.
Dimitrov
Bulgarian National Quidditch Team player. From the Greek name Deemeetrios meaning follower of Demeter. The other players were Zograf Levski Vulchanov Volkov and Krum
Dingle, Harold
A student who was selling fake powdered dragon claw as an exam-taking aid. It was in fact it was powdered Doxy dropping and therefore dangerous. A Dingle is a deep hollow or small valley usually covered with trees.
Dippet Armando,
Prof.Headmaster at Hogwarts School in the time of Tom Riddle, Armando breaks down from old German language into 'Army or host' and mana or 'man'
Dirk Cresswell:.
See Cresswell Dirk
Disapparation
A method of travel for experienced wizards, it allows them to Apparate and Disapparate, which involves disappearing from one place and reappearing in another. before anyone is allowed to use this method of travel, they have to take an exam. From the Latin dis to split asunder or reversal, ad (ap) meaning to, paritum come forth, to give birth to.
Disillusionment Charm
A simple charm to make you blend into the background like a human chameleon.
Dissendium
A spell to open the one-eyed crone's hump in one of the secret passages to Hogsmeade, the passageway comes out in the basement of Honeydukes. It might come from dissect which means to cut open. Or from descend, to go down
Dittany
A plant listed in One thousand and One Magical herbs and fungi. Oxford English Dictionary lists a number of possible plants, probably Driganum dictamnus also known as Dictamnus creticus, once alleged to have medicinal virtues.
Divination
Fortune-telling class the art of act of foretelling future events or revealing knowledge by means of augury (a sign or omen) or alleged supernatural agency.
Dobbs Emma
Sorted the same years as Colin Creevey brother Dennis, a Hogwarts student. To Dobb, is to report someone for their wrongdoing or blame them unfairly
Dobby
House elf that tries to prevent Harry from returning to Hogwarts for his second year. The Malfoy's had owned him. Dobby comes from either a dotard, a person suffering from the childishness of old age, a person who shows excessive love and affection, or the name for a Brownie see house elf
Doge Elphias
A wheezy-voiced wizard and member of Order of the Phoenix, Was sent with the advance guard to help Harry Escape from the Dursleys. Harry is told that he had met him when Mad eyed showed him the magical Photo of the Original order of The Phoenix. Doge was name used as the title of the chief magistrate in republican Venice and Genoa.
Dolohov Antonin
Supporter of Lord Voldemort and one time prisoner in Azkaban for killing the Prewitts. After he escaped he rejoined the Dark Lord and was part of the team sent to the Deparment of Mysteries. He was recaptured at the end of the Fifth Book . Antonio Salazar was the fascist dictator of Portugal for 36 years until his death in 1968. Though never officially an ethnic cleanser he was a colonialist who ruthlessly put down ethnic uprisings in his country's colonies in Africa. His name is perhaps used as a reference to the dictators past such as Hitler who believed in ethnic purity just as did Slytherin.
Dorking Mary
The news reporter who scooped the story about the water skying bird and its owners, who live in the Five Feathers public House in Barnsley.
Dorking is a rare breed of poultry with five claws on each foot, the poultry is named after a place in Surrey
Dot [Dorothy]
The cook at The Hanged Man. The name is believed to have developed from an arbitrary inversion of Theodora, Greek for "God's gift"
Doxy
A biting fairy
Doxycide
Potion used to paralyse doxies
Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous No-Heat Wet-Start Fireworks
The favourite prank of the Weasley twins they fill the room with red and blue stars that bounce around for at least a half an hour Filibuster is an adventurer engaged in private warfare abroad. From filibustero which is Spanish for freebooter (pirate/plunderer)
Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious Unction
Applied to heal Harry's wounds from being attacked by a brain. Oblivious is from the Latin oblivisci, forgetfulness or to cause forgetfulness, Unction is an ointment
Draco
Draco is a constellation of stars that looks like a dragon but is loosely defined snake. In Latin Draco means dragon.
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus
The Motto on the Hogwarts crest. Translates from the Latin into Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. A wizardly equivalent of Let sleeping dogs lie. JKR said that she wanted a very solid practical motto for Hogwarts as opposed to the strict "onwards and upwards" mottoes of the schools she attended.
Draco Malfoy
See Malfoy Draco
Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit
One of Hagrid's collection of dragon books
Dragon Keeper's Guide
Another of Hagrid's collection of dragon books.
Dragon pox
A contagious magical disease.
Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland
Yet another of Hagrid's collection of dragon books.
Dragons
Many dragon species are still found in the wild throughout Europe. All appear to be are variations on the typical European dragon, with wings and fiery breath. Specific varieties mentioned so far are the Chinese Fireball, Common Welsh Green, Hebridean Black, Hungarian Horntail, Swedish Short-Snout, and Norwegian Ridgeback. Although captive dragon breeding is now outlawed, dragons are still useful to wizards in many ways. Their heartstrings are used in wands, their dung is used as compost for magical plants, and Albus Dumbledore alone has invented twelve uses for their blood.
Draught of Living Death
A powerful sleeping potion made of asphodel and wormwood. Asphodel - common name applied to certain flowering plants native mostly to the Mediterranean region. In Greek mythology there is an area in Hades, the underworld, called the field of Asphodel. Wormwood - common name for a perennial herb or shrubby plant of the family of composite flowers. The leaves and flowers contain the terpene thujone an aromatic bitter toxic substance
Draught of Peace
A calming potion.
Dreadful Denizens of the Deep
A book in the Hogwarts library.
Dream Oracle The
Written by Imago Inigo. A book used in the Divination class in Harry's fifth year.
Drooble's Best Blowing Gum
A treat on the Hogwarts Express cart
Drought Charm
A charm that causes thing to dry up, small bodies of water such as puddles and ponds
Dudders - Duddy's
Harry Potters aunt's pet names for her son (Harry's cousin) real name Dudley
Duelling club
A club that Professor Dumbledore has granted Gilderoy Lockhart permission to start in Harry's second year, to train all the young witches and wizards just in case they need to defend themselves.
Dugbog
Marsh-dwelling creature that resembles driftwood, a bog is similar to a swamp.
Dumbledore Albus Percival Wulfric Brian
Attended Hogwarts, was in Gryffindor in his youth. He is between one hundred and fifty and one hundred and sixty...Albus means light so it's saying he is on the side of light and wisdom. Also Albion is an old name for Britain. Dumbledore is old English for a bumble-bee... a stinging insect which produces very sweet honey, but is not remotely as vicious as other types of bees or wasps. Also, all bees only have the one sting, and will die after using it, JKR says that Dumbledore seemed to suit the headmaster because one his passions is music, she imagined him walking around humming himself.
Dumbledore's Army,
Harry's secret extracurricular Defence Against the Dark Arts class.
Members:
Ron Weasley,
Hermione Granger,
Harry Potter,
Hannah Abbott,
Katie Bell,
Susan Bones,
Terry Boot,
Cho Chang,
Michael Corner,
Colin Creevey,
Dennis Creevey,
Marietta Edgecombe,
Justin Finch-Fletchley,
Anthony Goldstein,
Angelina Johnson,
Lee Jordan,
Neville Longbottom
Luna Lovegood,
Ernie Macmillan,
Padma Patil,
Parvati Patil,
Zacharias Smith,
Alicia Spinnet,
Dean Thomas,
Fred and George Weasley
Ginny Weasley.
Dundee:
A city in northern Scotland. Dundee grew up as a small port in the 11th and 12th centuries. Its name may be derived from the words Dun Diagh (Dun's fort). In 1191 King William gave Dundee a charter. That was a document granting the townspeople certain rights. It gave them the right to have their own local government and their own court.
Dungbomb
Stink bombs of a wizarding variety
Durmstrang
European wizarding school probably in Norway Finland Sweden or the European part of Russia. Formerly run by Death Eater Igor Karkaroff it places emphasis on the dark arts. Probably a spoonerism of sturm und drang which in German means storm and stress.
Dursley
A town near not very near J.K. Rowling's birthplace. It's about 12.8 miles (19km) as the Brooms flies
Dursley Petunia Evans
Harry's maternal aunt. Both Petunia and her sister Lily are named after flowers. The petunia symbolizes anger and resentment. Compare with the Lily which symbolises purity and innocence.
Dursley Vernon
Harry's Muggle uncle, Petunia's husband. Vernon means alder tree --an important tree in Celtic mythology. It is said to bleed when it is cutdown. It secretes a red dyeroheim, which means, "to redden the face."
