adj
mondo
Mondo (adj) means Informal: very large, extreme, or impressive. Example: “They threw a mondo party for her birthday.”
adj
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Informal: very large, extreme, or impressive.
"They threw a mondo party for her birthday."
adv
1
Informal: extremely, very.
"“Hey, this place is mondo cool. Bowie hangs out there. It's so packed you can hardly get in. And they play industrial out of one set of speakers and the Sex Pistols out of the other. I mean in the same room! Like, at a thousand decibels.""
— Jeffrey Deaver, Mistress of Justice (2002)
""This rain is mondo depressing," Sam sighed as she stared out the sliding glass doors that led to the Hewitts' deck."
— Cherie Bennett, Sunset Paradise (1992)
"That movie was mondo weird."
How to use mondo
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Very informal slang, mostly used in casual speech.
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Word forms
- Plural
- mondos
- Comparative
- more mondo
- Superlative
- most mondo
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese mondō, originally referring to a question-and-answer exchange in Zen Buddhism, though the English slang sense developed its own casual meaning of "huge" or "extreme."
Rhymes for mondo
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What does “mondo” mean?
The word “mondo” means informal: very large, extreme, or impressive.
How do you use “mondo” in a sentence?
Here is “mondo” used in a sentence: “They threw a mondo party for her birthday.”
What part of speech is “mondo”?
Depending on how it is used, “mondo” can be an adjective and an adverb.
Where does the word “mondo” come from?
The word “mondo” comes from Japanese. Borrowed from Japanese mondō, originally referring to a question-and-answer exchange in Zen Buddhism, though the English slang sense developed its own casual meaning of "huge" or "extreme.".
How many meanings does “mondo” have?
“Mondo” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: informal: very large, extreme, or impressive.
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