homo

pronunciation

How to pronounce homo in British English: UK ['hɒməʊ]word uk audio image

How to pronounce homo in American English: US ['hoʊmoʊ] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
    any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae

Word Origin

homo (n.)
short for homosexual (n.), attested by 1929; usually contemptuous.

Example

1. Now he has turned his attentions to modern homo sapiens .
2. If that series of circumstances had been even slightly different , there would have been no egg-headed homo sapiens .
3. Modern homo sapiens is still evolving .
4. One possibility is that the malapa specimens represent a late stage of an enduring species that gave rise to homo at an earlier date .
5. The women who marry them are known astongqi which might be translated as " homo-wife " using " homo - " for same .

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