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Calypso
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- 1 A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years. Greek
- 2 The eighth moon of Saturn.
- 3 53 Kalypso, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.
- 4 Alternative letter-case form of calypso. alt-of
- 1 A style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century. countable, uncountable
"'How you does live, Mr. Wordsworth?' I asked him one day. He said, 'You mean how I get money?' When I nodded, he laughed in a crooked way. He said, 'I sing calypsoes in the calypso season.' 'And that last you the rest of the year?' 'It is enough.'"
- 2 A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa countable, uncountable
- 3 (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years wordnet
- 4 A song in this style of music. countable, uncountable
- 5 A light blue color. countable, uncountable
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- 6 rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf wordnet
- 1 To perform calypso. intransitive
Etymology
Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of kaiso, perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests Ibibio ka iso (“come on”), used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name Calypso.
Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of kaiso, perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests Ibibio ka iso (“come on”), used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name Calypso.
From Latin, itself from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ, “name of a sea nymph”)
From Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kălŭpsṓ).
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