Primo

//ˈpɹiː.moʊ// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The principal part of a duet.
  2. 2
    the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) wordnet
  3. 3
    Any high-quality drug. slang
  4. 4
    A marijuana cigarette that has been laced with cocaine or heroin. slang
Adjective
  1. 1
    Best; first-class. colloquial, not-comparable

    "We strung Christmas lights around the ceiling to frame it. The final touches of coolness were my two spinning disco lights in the front room. That apartment was like my canvas and it was a primo party spot."

Adjective
  1. 1
    the best of its kind wordnet

Synonyms

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ab ovobestchieflyfirstfirst thinginitially

Example

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"García Lorca's return to Spain in 1930 coincided with the fall of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian primo (“first”). Doublet of prime and primus.

Related phrases

first class

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