Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

premo

/pɹˈɛmoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: pre-mo
IPA: /pɹˈɛmoʊ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excellent, attractive.

American usage; Slang

name

Example Sentences

"Like, you know, this guy at the dance was like soooo foxy mondo!! Like totally awesome. He could have been like a model for like GQ, for sure! He was premo[,] definitely not a zod."
"I wish they would have shown much more of Nancy Vee and you when you did the initial g/g in the car... what little we saw was premo, absolutely premo!"
"I've been to his place once Brad and I have to say that his games were absolutely premo!"
"It's where I like to escape to, for some there's not a lot to do there. I mean there is premo sportfishing, diving, windsurfing, and SUPs stand up paddleboards and kayaks, also I'm content to lie in the hammock all week and catch up on my reading, and, if it rains, hang out at Chaos and play Jenga or Ouija with the bartender and staff."

Etymology

Clipping of premium + -o, or a variant form of primo (“best, first-class”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

more premo (comparative) most premo (superlative) Premos (plural)

Rhymes With

demo nemo lemmo

Questions

How do you pronounce premo?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹˈɛmoʊ/.
What does premo mean?: Excellent, attractive.
Where does premo come from?: It is traced to French.

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