She was lying in the lee of a fowlhouse in a crumpled posture, as if cohesion had been detached from her joints, which lobbed her in an untidy heap, like a lot of old bones, tied together with string. Her skull was hitched under her humped shoulders and her fallen jaw made a lipless O of her mouth, giving it an expression of imbecile astonishment. 1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XX, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 213:
(uncountable) A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.
(letter, uppercase) The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
"Supposing somebody sees you, with all those flowers too? Supposing somebody writes him a letter? Ooooh!" (a pure round open Tamil O.) 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 421:
Etymology tree
Latin ō
Old French ohbor.
Middle English o
English O
From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.
Etymology tree
Latin ō
Old French ohbor.
Middle English o
English O
From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.
Meanings
The vocative particle, used for direct address.
c. 1810-1820?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Macbeth
O! the affecting beauty of the death of Cawdor, and the presentimental speech of the king: […]
“Lift up your head and your heart, O King. We must follow after this dreadnought, hard on her tracks.” 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 35:
O Death! O Death! Won't you spare me over till another year? - part of the refrain from the American folk song "A Conversation with Death".
Therfore arte thou inexcuſable o man whoſoever thou be that iudgeſt. For in that ſame where in thou iudgeſt another / thou cõdemneſt thy ſilfe. For thou that iudgeſt doest evẽ the ſame ſilfe thynges. […] Thynkeſt thou O man that iudgeſt them which do ſoche thyngꝭ and yet doſt evẽ the very ſame / that thou ſhalt eſcape the iudgemẽt of God? 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Romans ij:[1, 3], folio cc, verso:
ms wahai (a vocative particle) · fa الا (a vocative particle) · ja よ (a vocative particle) · tpw îó (a vocative particle) · ar أَيُّهَا (a vocative particle) · be о (a vocative particle) · tr ey (a vocative particle) · eo ho (a vocative particle) · sa हे (a vocative particle) · tpw gûy (a vocative particle) · es oh (a vocative particle) · ko 아 (a vocative particle) · sga á (a vocative particle) · grc ὦ (a vocative particle) · ar يَا (a vocative particle) · tl oh (a vocative particle) · ar يا (a vocative particle) · it o (a vocative particle) · pl o (a vocative particle) · ru о (a vocative particle) · scn o (a vocative particle) · zh 噫 (a vocative particle) · hi हे (a vocative particle) · ca o (a vocative particle) · de o (a vocative particle) · he הו (a vocative particle) · vi hỡi (a vocative particle) · zh 啊 (a vocative particle) · vi ôi (a vocative particle) · ko 시여 (a vocative particle) · txb yśe (a vocative particle) · zh 噢 (a vocative particle) · fr ô (a vocative particle) · it oh (a vocative particle) · ar أَيَّتُهَا (a vocative particle) · la o (a vocative particle) · uk о (a vocative particle) · es oy (a vocative particle) · scn oh (a vocative particle) · fi oi (a vocative particle) · ko 여 (a vocative particle) · pt ó (a vocative particle) · tpw gûé (a vocative particle) · tpw îu (a vocative particle) · vi lạy (a vocative particle) · ca oh (a vocative particle) · sv o (a vocative particle) · ur اَے (a vocative particle) · hy ով (a vocative particle) · sga a (a vocative particle) · zh 喔 (a vocative particle) · ja ああ (a vocative particle) · fa ای (a vocative particle) · ga a (a vocative particle) · gd a (a vocative particle) · tr ya (a vocative particle)
(countable, uncountable) American Library Association abbreviation of octavo, a book size (20-25 cm).
(countable, uncountable) Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.
(countable, uncountable) The number of overs bowled.
(countable, slang, uncountable) Orgasm.
Now my friend was fingering my wife and licking her clit. My wife reached her first O of the night. 2011 June 14, wtw, “{wtw} - "4someWithFriends" (1/1)”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet), retrieved 22 Nov 2014:
Further on, when she's about to reach her first O, the taste turns from no taste to champagne-like. 1999 March 31, JT aka GF, “Re: mary p., hex and going "downtown"”, in alt.psst.hoy (Usenet), retrieved 22 Nov 2014:
Sunny felt some cold and wet press against her pussy, it startled her, then it's^([sic]) tongue went deep inside of her, she had been eaten out before, but never this could, who ever was doing it was a real pro, and had to have the longest tongue in the world it was buried at least three inches inside of her and was taking long, hard strokes, it was trying to get even deeper, it was only seconds before she started shaking from her first O. 1998 October 17, M6968, “STORY: The Violation of Sunny a wrestling story, by Wonder Mike”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet), retrieved 22 Nov 2014:
She thought you could get pregnant from tonguing when kissing; about her first O and how it scared her; how she looked in the mirror afterwards to see if she had changed; about how scared she was when it came time to deliver the baby. 2010, Lonnie Hicks, Einstein, Religion, Politics and Literature, page 308:
(slang, uncountable) Opium.
We lay on our stomachs on the living-room floor in a circle around our host, a skinny little man who said he'd been smoking O for 20 years. 1952, Collier's: Incorporating Features of the American Magazine, page 22:
ACCORDING to various inscriptions about this famous temple we are told that it was erected to the memory of Ya Fei, "An Unswerving Guardian to the Heir-Apparent," of the Sung dynasty; "A Loyal-to-the-end Minister," who came from the ancient state of O-Kuo, the present Wu Ch'ang-fu of Hupei; and that it was erected by the Emperor Hsiao Tsung as an atonement for the weakness and follies of his father, Kao Tsung, toward a faithful servant of the empire who came to his untimely death through the diabolical schemes of men in high estate. Moreover, that after his death and burial, when the empire came to appreciate his great services to the people, the posthumous title of " Prince of O-Kuo" was bestowed upon his sacred memory. [1906, Frederick D. Cloud, Hangchow, the "City of Heaven", Shanghai: Presbyterian Mission Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 53:
⁶There are actually several geographical identifications proposed for the State of O: Wu-ch'ang in Hupei, Huai-ch'ing in Honan, and Fu-fang, Shensi (in the south-east thereof). As two inscriptions connected with the State of O refer to invasions.... 1976, Noel Barnard, The Proceedings of a Symposium on Scientific Methods of Research in the Study of Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Southeast Asian Metal and Other Archaeological Artifacts, October 6-10, 1975, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 107:
[…]Yang-yüeh 楊粵,⁴⁰ reaching as far as O 鄂.⁴¹[…]He then enthroned his elder son K'ang 康⁴³ as King of Kou Tan 句亶,⁴⁴ his middle song Hung 紅 as King of O 鄂,⁴⁵ and his younger son Chih-tz'u 執疵 as King of Yüeh-chang 越章.⁴⁶ 2006, Ch'ien Ssu-ma, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., The Grand Scribe's Records,, volume V.1, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 385:
In ancient times Wuchang was the capital city of the Kingdom of O. In Manchu times it was the residence of the Viceroy of the two provinces of Hupeh and Hunan. Since then its fortunes have changed with changing politics. 1944, Harold Burgoyne Rattenbury, China, My China, →OCLC, page 51: