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homo.

Of or pertaining to homosexuality.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈhəʊ.məʊ/UK/ˈhɒm.əʊ/UK/ˈhoʊ.moʊ/US
  1. Of or pertaining to homosexuality.

    colloquial · derogatory · sometimes
Where this word comes from

Clipping of homosexual.

noun/ˈhəʊ.məʊ/UK/ˈhɒm.əʊ/UK/ˈhoʊ.moʊ/US
  1. Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.

    Canada · US · countable · dated · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Clipping of homogenized.

adj/ˈhəʊ.məʊ/UK/ˈhɒm.əʊ/UK/ˈhoʊ.moʊ/US
  1. Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.

    Canada · US · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Clipping of homogenized.

noun/ˈhəʊ.məʊ/UK/ˈhɒm.əʊ/UK/ˈhoʊ.moʊ/US
  1. A human.

    nonstandard
Where this word comes from

From Latin homō̆ (“a human being, man, person”), sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens. Doublet of gome, hombre, ombre, and omi.

noun/ˈhəʊ.məʊ/UK/ˈhɒm.əʊ/UK/ˈhoʊ.moʊ/US
  1. Clipping of homosexual.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · colloquial · derogatory · often
    I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet.
Where this word comes from

Clipping of homosexual.

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