camo

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See also: ĉamo

English

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Etymology

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From camouflage, by shortening.

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Noun

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camo (countable and uncountable, plural camos)

  1. (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
  2. Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
  3. Short for camouflage.

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Verb

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camo (third-person singular simple present camos, present participle camoing, simple past and past participle camoed)

  1. (transitive, informal) To camouflage.
  2. (intransitive, informal) To put on camouflage clothing.

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin cāmus, from Doric Ancient Greek κᾱμός (kāmós) (Attic κημός (kēmós)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.mo/
  • Rhymes: -amo
  • Hyphenation: cà‧mo

Noun

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camo m (plural cami) (obsolete)

  1. muzzle
  2. (figurative) (moral) restraint
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XIV, page 215, lines 142–144:
      Già era l'aura d'ogne parte queta; ¶ ed el mi disse: «Quel fu 'l duro camo ¶ che dovria l'uom tener dentro a sua meta. [] »
      Already on all sides the air was quiet; and said he to me: "That was the hard curb that ought to hold a man within his bounds."

Further reading

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  • camo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Noun

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cāmō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cāmus