Word.ws English Dictionary

kemosabi

kemosabi is the alternative spelling of kemosabe.

Meaning of kemosabe

Noun

kemosabe (plural not attested)

  1. (colloquial, no plural) An appellation given to a wise, trustworthy friend.
    • Wanna get a beer? / Nah. / Come on. Let's get a beer. / Okay, leave me alone, leave me alone. / Don't stay up too late, kemosabe.2019, Edward Norton, Motherless Brooklyn, spoken by Tony, Lionel (Bobby Cannavale, Edward Norton)

Questions about kemosabi

What is kemosabi the alternative spelling of?
Kemosabi is the alternative spelling of kemosabe.

Words near kemosabi in the dictionary

  1. kemonomimi
  2. kemonomimis
  3. kemonos
  4. kemosabe
  5. kemosabes
  6. kemosabi
  7. kemp
  8. Kemp Town
  9. Kemp's loggerhead
  10. Kemp's ridley
  11. Kemp's ridley sea turtle

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kemosabi (page history and authors); kemosabe (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “kemosabi.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/kemosabi. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.