stylo

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noun

A stylographic pen.

Origintranslingual Stylosanthes ← Ancient Greek στῦλος →
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Meanings

stylo1

nounstylo (plural stylos)

plural stylos

  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

stylo2

nounstylo (plural stylos)

plural stylos

  1. Any of the genus Stylosanthes of flowering plants.

stylo3

adjectivestylo (comparative more stylo, superlative most stylo)

comparative more stylo · superlative most stylo

  1. SingaporeinformalStylish; 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)

Origin

stylo · noun

Clipping of stylographic pen, from stylo- + graphic.

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stylo · noun

  1. Ancient Greekἄνθος“flower”
  2. Ancient Greekστῦλος“pillar”
  3. translingualStylosanthes
  4. Englishstylo

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

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stylo · adjective

  1. Medieval Latinstylus
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  3. Proto-Italic*stiglos?
  4. Latinstilu
  5. Old Frenchestile
  6. Middle Englishstile
  7. Englishstyle
  8. Latinō
  9. Old Frenchoh
  10. Middle Englisho
  11. EnglishO
  12. Middle Englisho
  13. Englishoh
  14. Englishstylo

From style + -o.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

stylo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylo

MLA

“stylo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stylo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stylo.

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