Dictionary

stylo en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Clipping of stylographic pen, from stylo- + graphic.

Meanings

1. A stylographic pen.
   • Malone put his stylo in his pocket. There was no use reporting a lunatic. 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

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stylo en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From translingual Stylosanthes, from Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Meanings

1. Any of the genus Stylosanthes of flowering plants.

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Deriveds

Townsville stylo · Caribbean stylo · African stylo

stylo en · ADJ · etymology 3

Etymology

Etymology tree English style Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English stylo From style + -o.

Meanings

1. (Singapore, informal) Stylish; fashionable.
   • We so stylo, they just vile-o / We speak Singlish, awmost English-lah Quoted in 2024, Andrew J. Moody, The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes (page 677)

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Deriveds

stylo milo