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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
neo (plural neos)
- (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) Clipping of neofan.
- 1964 April 2, Bennett Ron, Skyrack[1], number 65:
- Ken Bulmer pointed out that the attitude of a fan who had read much sf is different from that of a neo who is reading sf for the first time.
- 1976 August 25, Ian Maule, Checkpoint[2], number 72:
- This fabulous fannish cover illustrated the three stages of fandom: the neo, the trufan, and the BNF.
- 1996 November 3, Richard J. Faulder, Gegenschein[3], number 80:
- Edwina, and neofen of her generation (this is not a criticism - everyone starts out as a neo), being new to sffandom, and not a member of faandom, would not have noticed this.
- (politics) Clipping of neoconservative.
- 1994, Samuel Francis, Beautiful Losers: Essays on the Failure of American Conservatism, page 180:
- The neos seem to be no less uncomfortable with the paleos than the paleos are with the neos, […]
- 2008, Ben J. Wattenberg, Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism, page 6:
- Some say the neos are good for what ails us on both foreign and domestic fronts, while others are quick to debate that.
- (LGBT, slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of neopronoun.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
neo
- (aviation) Alternative letter-case form of NEO
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin naevus (“mole, birthmark”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
neo m (plural nei)
- mole (on skin)
- beauty spot
- flaw, defect
Noun[edit]
neo m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *nēō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.oː/, [ˈneoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.o/, [ˈnɛːo]
Verb[edit]
neō (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation
- (transitive) to spin; weave, interlace, entwine
- Nē, māter; suam.
- Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.
Conjugation[edit]
Noun[edit]
neō
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- neo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *nawi, from Proto-Germanic *nawiz, *nawaz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“the deceased, corpse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nēo n
- a corpse
Declension[edit]
Declension of neo (strong wa-stem)
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Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
neo
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
neo
- Alternative form of no.
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
neo m (plural neos)
Further reading[edit]
- “neo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-rn-ɛːw, an *-rn- (instrumental derivative) infixed form of Proto-Vietic *tʃɛːw, whence Modern Vietnamese xeo. Related to chèo (“oar”), derived from a differently infixed form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
(classifier mũi, cái) neo • (𪲍)
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