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cos en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /kɒs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /kɑs/ (General-American)

Etymology

Clipping of cos lettuce, variously derived from the Greek island of Kos and from Arabic خس (ḵass, “lettuce”).

Meanings

1. (UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.

Forms

Synonyms

romaine lettuce

cos en · CCONJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /kəz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kəz/ (General-American)
• /kɒz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kʌz/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. (Ireland, South-Africa, UK, alt-of, informal, qualifier:African-American Vernacular) Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).
   alt of 'cause
   • Taking the shortcut through the alleyway by the Jobcentre Plus, just cos I can, we arrive at my flat within minutes. 2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 161:

cos en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /kʌz/

Etymology

Clipping of cousin.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, informal, qualifier:African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of coz, cousin.
   alt of cousin
   alt of coz

Forms

cos en · DET · etymology 4

Etymology

Etymology tree English companyclip. English co English -s English cos From co + -s.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard) Belonging to co. Gender-neutral possessive determiner, grammatically equivalent to the gendered his and her and the singular their.
   • Psychiatrists are trained to try to impose the responsibility for a patient’s problem on the patient coself, rather than on cos environment. 1973, Michael Glenn, Richard Kunnes, Repression or Revolution?: Therapy in the United States Today, Harper Colophon Books, →ISBN, page 53:
   • Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks beyond the point of having made satisfactory arrangements with the Community with regard to cos absence. 1986, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: Twin Oaks Community 1979-1982, Louisa, Va.: Twin Oaks Community, →OCLC, page 355:
   • WHEREAS a child’s sexuality is just as much a part of cos whole person from birth as the blood that flows in cos veins, making cos sexual rights inherent and inalienable […] 1975, Valida Davila, “A Child’s Sexual Bill of Rights”, in Bernhardt J. Hurwood, editor, The Whole Sex Catalogue, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 287:

Forms

cos en · NOUN · etymology 4

Etymology

Etymology tree English companyclip. English co English -s English cos From co + -s.

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of co
   form of co

cos en · NOUN · etymology 5

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance.
   alt of coss
   • The stages and distances are as follows:—Hitounda to Bhainsa Dobháng, 3½ cos; to Bhimphédy, 4 cos; to Tambakhâni, 3 cos; to Chitlong, 3 cos; to Thankot, 3 cos; to Káthmándú, 3 cos—Total, 19½ cos. 1857, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Selections from the Records of the Government of Bengal, No. XXVII: Papers Relative to the Colonization, Commerce, Physical Geography, &c., &c., of the Himalaya Mountains and Nepal, p. 22

Forms

Relateds

cosmid

cos en · NOUN · etymology 6

Etymology

Clipping of cosmetology.

Meanings

1. (colloquial, uncountable) Cosmetology.
   • Miss Julie's School of Beauty is a startup, nonprofit cosmetology school based in Rochester designed to empower those at risk and survivors of human trafficking through vocational training. ¶ "The thing is we are not just another cosmetology school," Chapus said. "We are not a for-profit cos school where everybody and anybody can come to. We are a therapeutic support cosmetology school with a restorative aspect." 2023 July 19, Wendy Wright, quoting Julie Chapus, “Rochester woman helping trafficking survivors start over with cosmetology”, in Spectrum News, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2023: