adj
Meaning 1
Big, large; major, significant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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Standard Lemma guide
mondo
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 N D OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Very, extremely, really.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, not-comparable, slang
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noun
Meaning 3
A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Zen Buddhism
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History
Etymology
From the title of the 1962 Italian cult documentary film Mondo cane, Italian for "A Dog's World", from mondo (“world”) and cane (“dog”). The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of mondo as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like mondo bizarro. Doublet of monde.
From Japanese 問答 (mondō).
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