stylo
stylo noun: a stylographic pen.
Noun (1)
stylo (plural stylos)
- A stylographic pen.
- Malone put his stylo in his pocket. There was no use reporting a lunatic.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
Noun (2)
stylo (plural stylos)
- Any of the genus Stylosanthes of flowering plants.
Adjective
stylo (comparative more stylo, superlative most stylo)
- Stylish; fashionable.
- We so stylo, they just vile-o / We speak Singlish, awmost English-lahQuoted in 2024, Andrew J. Moody, The Oxford Handbook of Southeast Asian Englishes (page 677)
stylo meaning in Tamil
stylo in Tamil
- முயல் மசால் வகைப் புல், எழுதுகோல், பேனா
Forms of stylo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stylos |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more stylo |
| superlative | most stylo |
Origin of stylo
Clipping of stylographic pen, from stylo- + graphic.
From translingual Stylosanthes, from Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
From style + -o.
Words formed from stylo
- African stylo
- Caribbean stylo
- Townsville stylo
- stylo milo
Questions about stylo
- What does stylo mean?
- Stylo means a stylographic pen.
- What is stylo in Tamil?
- Stylo in Tamil is முயல் மசால் வகைப் புல், எழுதுகோல், பேனா. See Stylo meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stylo?
- Stylo can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of stylo?
- The plural of stylo is stylos.
Words near stylo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stylo (page history and authors); stylo (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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