- informal offensive a homosexual man
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ho•mo
(hō′mō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mos. Slang (disparaging and offensive).
Ho•mo (hō′mō),USA pronunciation n.
homo-,
- Slang Termsa homosexual.
- by shortening
Ho•mo (hō′mō),USA pronunciation n.
- Physical Anthropology(italics) the genus of bipedal primates that includes modern humans and several extinct forms, distinguished by their large brains and a dependence upon tools. Cf. archaic Homo.
- Informal Terms, Physical Anthropology(sometimes l.c.)
- a member of the genus Homo.
- the species Homo sapiens or one of its members.
- Latin homō man; Old Latin hemō the earthly one (see humus); akin to Latin hūmānus human; cognate with Old English guma, Old Irish duine, Welsh dyn man, Lithuanian žmónės men
- 1590–1600
homo-,
- a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "same'' (homology);
on this model, used in the formation of compound words (homomorphic).
- Greek, combining form of homós one and the same; akin to Sanskrit sama-; see same
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homo /ˈhəʊməʊ/ n ( pl -mos)
homo /ˈhəʊməʊ/ n
- Canadian informal homogenized milk
-homo-, root.
- -homo- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "same, identical''. This meaning is found in such words as: homogeneous, homogenize, homonym.
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Homo /ˈhəʊməʊ/ n
- a genus of hominids including modern man (see Homo sapiens) and several extinct primitive species including Homo habilis and Homo erectus
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homo- combining form
- being the same or like: homologous, homosexual
Compare hetero-
'homo' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Boxgrove man
- Cro-Magnon man
- hetero-
- homage
- homicide
- hominid
- hominoid
- homo-
- Homo habilis
- Homo sapiens
- homologate
- homonym
- homophobia
- homopterous
- homunculus
- human
- human being
- Java man
- man
- Neanderthal man
- Peking man
- pithecanthropus
- Rhodesian man
- sinanthropus
- subhuman
- Africanthropus
- anomalous
- Arago man
- archaic Homo
- bonhomie
- Boskop man
- bridegroom
- Cro-Magnon
- ecce homo
- gomerel
- hom-
- hombre
- hominine
- hominization
- homocentric
- homocercal
- homochromatic
- homochrome
- homochronous
- homocyclic
- homodyne
- Homo erectus
- homoeroticism
- homogametic
- homogamous