elmo
/ˈɛlmoʊ/
elmo is the initialism of enough.
Meaning of enough
Determiner
enough
- Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.
- I've already had enough coffee today.
- Used after a noun.
- There is food enough for us all.
Proper noun capitalized: Elmo
Elmo
- A male given name from Italian.
- MING. About his name. Oscar. Asians always pick out the most curious and most discarded English names from books and TV. Like Cornelius. Elmo. Wellington.1996 Chay Yew, A Language of Their Own, Two Plays, Grove/Atlantic Inc.
- A city in Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Texas.
- A town in Utah.
- An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
- A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
- Twitter was far from perfect before Elmo happened to it but it’s a total shitshow now!2022 December 12, marie_cast (@marie_cast@toad.social), Mastodon
- It is certainly conceivable that Elmo’s ragtag of leftover desperate engineers put out a feature without properly testing it. 😂2023 February 8, Jim Stewartson (@jimstewartson@toad.social), Mastodon
- Synonyms:
- Apartheid Clyde, Elongated Muskrat, Phony Stark
Noun (1) capitalized: Elmo
Elmo (plural Elmos)
- A document camera.
- Someone had to tell me when the paper was positioned correctly under the elmo (document camera).1998 April 21, Joan M. Whitworth, quoting Dr. Kern (pseudonymous), “Looking at Distance Learning through Both Ends of the Camera”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), ERIC
- Students bring their math work under the Elmo to share with other students to discuss their thoughts.2009, Kate Popejoy, “New Outcomes: Learning Improvement in Mathematics Integrating Technology - NO LIMIT! An Enhancing Education through Technology Project. Final Report: Years Five and Six...
Noun (2) capitalized: Elmo
Elmo (plural Elmos)
- A character who is irritating to many but very popular with children, especially a character who joined a show late in its run.
- Jeff Sokol is the Elmo of To Catch a Predator2025 June 6, anonymous author, “Jeff Sokol is the Elmo of To Catch a Predator”, in reddit.com
- That little upended trash can is the Elmo of Star Wars. He’s inexplicably popular despite being intensely irritating.2012 July 13, Esther Inglis-Arkell, “10 Robots With Good Reasons to Rise Up Against Humanity”, in Gizmodo, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2026
Synonyms of elmo
Forms of elmo
| plural | Elmos |
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Origin of elmo
From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar. * By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer.
From the character Elmo on Sesame Street.
Words formed from elmo
Questions about elmo
- What does elmo mean?
- Elmo means a male given name from Italian.
- What is elmo the initialism of?
- Elmo is the initialism of enough.
- What part of speech is elmo?
- Elmo can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce elmo?
- Elmo is pronounced /ˈɛlmoʊ/ (US).
Words near elmo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: elmo (page history and authors); Elmo (page history and authors); enough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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