Elmo
pronunciation
How to pronounce Elmo in British English: UK
How to pronounce Elmo in American English: US
Word Origin
- Elmo
- of St. Elmo's Fire (for which see saint (n.)); probably from Greek elene "torch," via an apocryphal saint (Bishop of Formiae in Italy, who died c.304 and was invoked in the Mediterranean by sailors during storms).
Example
- 1. For the first time , hasbro has licensed a line of sesame street toys , and its new let 's rock elmo is an impressive effort .
- 2. Experts estimate that tens of thousands of kid apps are offered on apple and google android devices , with titles such as babyplayface and elmo 's birthday .
- 3. Take elmo , for example . His little baby , david , is floating in an inner tube in a basin of water . Zoe comes along with her pet rock , rocko , and she tells elmo she wants rocko to float too .
- 4. Tickle me elmo is the eniac of fractional ai .
- 5. Or the time our ship was struck by saint elmo 's fire ?