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vulgo

vulgo adverb: in the vernacular; commonly known as.

Adverb

vulgo (not comparable)

  1. In the vernacular; commonly known as.
    • PERICLYMENUM; […] Trumpet Honeyſuckle; vulgô.1733, Philip Miller, “PERICLYMENUM”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, column 1
    • [Pope's Hole] derives its name from its being a place of shelter to some puffins, vulgo "popes".1822, George Woodley, A view of the present state of the Scilly Islands, 264-265

Noun

vulgo (uncountable)

  1. The masses.

Synonyms of vulgo

Origin of vulgo

Borrowed from Latin vulgo.

Questions about vulgo

What does vulgo mean?
Vulgo means in the vernacular; commonly known as.
What part of speech is vulgo?
Vulgo can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near vulgo in the dictionary

  1. vulgated
  2. vulgates
  3. vulgation
  4. vulgaxanthin
  5. vulgaxanthins
  6. vulgo
  7. vulgus
  8. vulguses
  9. vuln
  10. vulnary
  11. vulned

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