Mondo Definition

mŏndō
adjective
Great or huge.
Webster's New World
Extremely unconventional or bizarre.
Webster's New World

(US, slang) Big, large; major, significant.

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adverb
Very; exceedingly; extremely.
Webster's New World
noun

(Zen Buddhism) A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.

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Other Word Forms of Mondo

Noun

Singular:
mondo
Plural:
mondos

Origin of Mondo

  • From the title of the cult 1962 Italian 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.

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  • From mondo (bizarro) very bizarre from Italian Mondo (Cane) (A Dog's) World, name of movie with bizarre scenes that was a cult favorite in the 1960s

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Japanese 問答 (mondō).

    From Wiktionary

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