Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stylo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: sty-lo
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stylographic pen.

noun

Any of the genus Stylosanthes of flowering plants.

adj

Stylish; fashionable.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Malone put his stylo in his pocket. There was no use reporting a lunatic."
"We so stylo, they just vile-o / We speak Singlish, awmost English-lah"

Etymology

Clipping of stylographic pen, from stylo- + graphic.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Stylosanthes, στῦλος, ἄνθος

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

stylos (plural) more stylo (comparative) most stylo (superlative)

Phrases

African stylo Caribbean stylo Townsville stylo stylo milo

Questions

What does stylo mean?: A stylographic pen.
Where does stylo come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce stylo

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