Meanings
interjection
- obsoleteA drinking cry.
Rivo, says the drunkard. Call in ribs , call in tallow
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]1 more example
Then ther's my chub , my epicure , Quadratus , that rubbes his guttes , clappes his paunch , and cries Rivo , intertayning my eares perpetually with a most strong discourse of the praise of bottle ale and red herrings
1601 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], What You Will, London: […] G[eorge] Eld, for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the page)
Origin
- Spanisharriba“up”
- Englishrivo
Perhaps from Spanish arriba (“up”).
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APA
rivo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rivo
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