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mondo.

A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.

Where this word comes from

From Japanese 問答 (mondō).

adj
  1. Big, large; major, significant.

    US · slang
Where this word comes from

From the title of the 1962 Italian cult documentary film Mondo cane, Italian for "A Dog's World", from mondo (“world”) and cane (“dog”). The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of mondo as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like mondo bizarro. Doublet of monde.

adv
  1. Very, extremely, really.

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

From the title of the 1962 Italian cult documentary film Mondo cane, Italian for "A Dog's World", from mondo (“world”) and cane (“dog”). The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of mondo as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like mondo bizarro. Doublet of monde.

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