mondo

mondo · noun¹

1. Japanese · borrowed from問答
2. English todaymondo

From Japanese 問答 (mondō).

mondo · adjective, adverb²

From the title of the 1962 Italian cult documentary film Mondo cane, Italian for "A Dog's World", from mondo (“world”) and cane (“dog”). The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of mondo as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like mondo bizarro. Doublet of monde.