Loco Definition

lōkō
locoed, loco, locos
adjective
Crazy; demented.
Webster's New World
At the pitch written. Used chiefly as a direction.
American Heritage

(colloquial) Crazy.

Wiktionary

(western US) Intoxicated by eating locoweed.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
locos
To poison with locoweed.
Webster's New World
To craze.
Webster's New World
To cause to be mentally deranged; craze.
American Heritage
To cause to be mentally deranged; craze.
American Heritage Medicine
noun
locos

Locoweed.

Webster's New World

Loco disease.

Webster's New World

(botany) Certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis, capable of causing locoism.

Wiktionary

(rail transport, informal) Locomotive.

Wiktionary
affix
From place to place.
Locomotion.
Webster's New World
adverb
(music) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Loco

Noun

Singular:
loco
Plural:
locos

Origin of Loco

  • Spanish loco (“insane, crazy"), from loco (“loose"). From Arabic Ù„ÙŽÙˆÙŽÙ‚ (láwaq, “foolishness") or Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukos, “clear").

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish crazy possibly from Arabic lawqā’ foolish feminine sing. of ’alwaq from lāqa to soften lwq in Semitic roots

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

  • From Italian loco from Latin locō ablative of locus place

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

  • Abbreviation of locomotive.

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian

    From Wiktionary

Loco Sentence Examples

  • In the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Basilides saw the proof of naturam sine radice et sine loco rebus supervenientem (Acta Archelai).

  • According to his own statement in De vetere testamento, written about loco, he had at that period translated the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Kings, Job, Esther, Judith and the Maccabees.

  • If the motion were that of a body at white heat, or say a temperature of loco, the velocity of mean square would be 39co metres per second and the apparent width of the band would be doubled.

  • The missionary zeal of the Zoroastrian priests soon caused discontent among the Christian inhabitants of Colchis, and Gobazes, perceiving that Chosroes intended to Persianize the district, appealed to Rome, with the result that in 549 one Dagisthaeus was sent out with 7000 Romans and loco auxiliaries of the Tzani (Zani, Sanni).

  • Lastly, he had the spirit of lively satire and of willingness desipere in loco which frequently goes with the love of books.

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Words Starting With

LLOLOC

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Words Starting With L and Ending With O

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