homo
see also: Homo, HOMO
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/, /ˈhɒm.əʊ/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/
Noun

homo (plural homos)

  1. (colloquial, often, pejorative) Clipping of homosexual
    I heard that he's a homo, but he hasn't come out of the closet yet.
Translations Adjective

homo

  1. (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Of or pertaining to homosexuality.
Noun

homo

  1. (dated, US, Canada) Homogenized milk with a high butterfat content.
Adjective

homo (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, US) Homogenized; almost always said of milk with a high butterfat content.
Etymology 3

From Latin homō̆, sometimes as a shortening of Homo sapiens.

Noun

homo (plural homos)

  1. (nonstandard) A human.
    • 1850, Edgar Allan Poe, X-ing a Paragrab:
      John, John, if you don't go you're no homo—no! You're only a fowl, an owl, a cow, a sow,—a doll, a poll; a poor, old, good-for-nothing-to-nobody, log, dog, hog, or frog, come out of a Concord bog.

Homo
Etymology

From Latin homō.

Pronunciation
  • English:
    • (RP) IPA: /ˈhəʊ.məʊ/
    • (America) IPA: /ˈhoʊ.moʊ/
Proper noun
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hominidae – various species of man, all but one of which is extinct.
    • 2008, Futurama: Bender's Game (in English):
      Good God. Just knowing we're in the same genus makes me embarrassed to call myself Homo.
Synonyms
  • Africanthropus, Anthropus, Archanthropus, Atlanthropus, Cyphanthropus, Europanthropus, Javanthropus, Kenyanthropus, Maueranthropus, Meganthropus, Nipponanthropus, Notanthropus, Palaeanthropus, Pithecanthropus, Praehomo, Proanthropus, Pseudhomo, Sinanthropus, Tchadanthropus, Telanthropus
Translations
HOMO
Noun

homo

  1. (chemistry) Acronym of highest occupied molecular orbital



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