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imo

English

Prepositional phrase

imo

  1. Alternative form of IMO.

Anagrams

  • IOM, MOI, Mio, mo'i, moi, omi

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • imoha

Pronoun

imo

  1. you (2nd person singular preposed ergative form)
  2. (in the singular) yours
  3. (slang, humorous) one's genitalia

See also



Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?i.mo/
  • Rhymes: -imo
  • Hyphenation: ì?mo

Etymology 1

From Latin ?mus, superlative form of ?nferus (low”, “deep), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n?d?ér.

Adjective

imo (feminine ima, masculine plural imi, feminine plural ime) (obsolete, poetic)

  1. (literally) located in the lowest or innermost part
  2. (by extension) low, deep
    Synonym: infero
    • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Pommi ove 'l sole occide i fiori et l'erba” (Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.143) :
      Ponm' in cielo od in terra od in abisso, ¶ in alto poggio, in valle ima e palustre, ¶ libero spirto, od a' suoi membri affisso; [...]
      Set me in heaven, on earth, or in the depths, ¶ on a high hill, or in a deep marshy vale, ¶ a spirit freed, or imprisoned in its limbs; [...]
    • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “La selva primitiva” (Juvenilia, Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli (1906), p. 109, Libro LVII), vv. 43-44:
      [...] un tremor gelido ¶ per l'ossa ime gli corse; e s'atterrava, ¶ e gemea [...]
      [...] a freezing chill ¶ ran through his deep bones; and he dropped ¶ and wailed [...]
  3. (figuratively, of people) of a low social status
    • 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, Erasmo Viotti, p.222, Canto IX:
      Miete i vili, e i potenti: e i più sublimi ¶ e più superbi capi adegua agl’imi.
      It breaks vile and mighty alike: and makes the noblest ¶ and proudest leaders one with the lowest.
  4. (rare, figuratively, of things) inappropriate, vulgar, uncouth
Related terms
  • inferiore
  • infero
  • infimo

Etymology 2

From Latin ?mum, substantivization of the neuter form of ?mus (lowest”, “deepest).

Noun

imo m (plural imi)

  1. (obsolete) bottom; base
    Synonyms: (more common) base, (more common) fondo
    Antonyms: apice, culmine, sommità, vetta
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXIX, p. 430, vv. 37-39:

Anagrams

  • mio

Japanese

Romanization

imo

  1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Etymology 1

Variant form.

Adverb

im? (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of imm?
    • c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

?m?

  1. dative masculine singular of ?mus
  2. dative neuter singular of ?mus
  3. ablative masculine singular of ?mus
  4. ablative neuter singular of ?mus

References

  • imo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • imo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • imo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Regularised form.

Verb

imo

  1. (proscribed, Caipira) first-person plural (nós) future indicative of ir

Umbundu

Noun

imo (i-ova class, plural ovamo)

  1. belly

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illustrate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from illustration.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??l.??st?e?t/, /?.?l?s.t?e?t/
  • (/??l.j?s?t?e?t/)

Verb

illustrate (third-person singular simple present illustrates, present participle illustrating, simple past and past participle illustrated)

  1. (obsolete) To shed light upon.
    Synonyms: illuminate; see also Thesaurus:illuminate
  2. (figuratively) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
  3. To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
  4. (obsolete) To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.
    Synonym: glorify

See also

  • shed light upon

Translations

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “illustrate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Italian

Adjective

illustrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of illustrato

Verb

illustrate

  1. second-person plural present of illustrare
  2. second-person plural imperative of illustrare
  3. feminine plural past participle of illustrare

Latin

Participle

ill?str?te

  1. vocative masculine singular of ill?str?tus

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  • what illustrates a gradient
  • what illustrates osmosis
  • what illustrates conservation
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