- locoweed
- loco disease
Origin of loco
Mexican Spanish from Sp, mad from Classical Latin ulucus, owl, akin to ulula, owltransitive verb
-·coed, -·co·ing- to poison with locoweed
- Slang to craze
Slang crazy; demented
loco
lo·coloco-
from place to place: locomotion
Origin of loco-
from Classical Latin loco, ablative of locus, place: see localWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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loco
adjective
SlangMentally deranged; crazy.
noun
pl. lo·costransitive verb
lo·coed, lo·co·ing, lo·cos- To poison with locoweed.
- Slang To cause to be mentally deranged; craze.
Origin of loco
Spanish crazy possibly from Arabic lawqā' foolish feminine sing. of 'alwaq from lāqa to soften lwqadverb
adjective
MusicAt the pitch written. Used chiefly as a direction.
Origin of loco
From Italian loco from Latin locō ablative of locus placeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adverb
(not comparable)
- (music) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
Origin
Adjective
(comparative more loco, superlative most loco)
- (colloquial) crazy
- (western US) intoxicated by eating locoweed
Origin
Spanish loco (“insane, crazy"), from loco (“loose"). From Arabic Ù„ÙŽÙˆÙŽÙ‚ (láwaq, “foolishness") or Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukos, “clear").
Origin
Abbreviation of locomotive.
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loco - Medical Definition
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