neo

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːəʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːəʊ

neo (plural neos)

1. (dated, fandom slang, science fiction) Clipping of neofan.
   • 1964 April 2, Bennett Ron, Skyrack‎^[1], number 65:

     Ken Bulmer pointed out that the attitude of a fan who had read much sf is different from that of a neo who is reading sf for the first time.

   • 1976 August 25, Ian Maule, Checkpoint‎^[2], number 72:

     This fabulous fannish cover illustrated the three stages of fandom: the neo, the trufan, and the BNF.

   • 1996 November 3, Richard J. Faulder, Gegenschein‎^[3], number 80:

     Edwina, and neofen of her generation (this is not a criticism - everyone starts out as a neo), being new to sffandom, and not a member of faandom, would not have noticed this.

2. (politics) Clipping of neoconservative.
   • 1994, Samuel Francis, Beautiful Losers: Essays on the Failure of American Conservatism, page 180:

     The neos seem to be no less uncomfortable with the paleos than the paleos are with the neos, […]

   • 2008, Ben J. Wattenberg, Fighting Words: A Tale of How Liberals Created Neo-Conservatism, page 6:

     Some say the neos are good for what ails us on both foreign and domestic fronts, while others are quick to debate that.

3. (LGBTQ slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of neopronoun.

neo

1. (aviation) Alternative letter-case form of NEO

• neo-geo

• -one, EON, NOE, Noe, eno-, eon, one

• IPA^(key): /dẽˈo/

neo

1. cooking oil, motor oil, gasoline.

• caié
• paroraneo

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "neo", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

From ne (“no”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): [ˈneo]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: ne‧o

neo (accusative singular neon, plural neoj, accusative plural neojn)

1. a no; an expression or vote of negation or opposition

   La rezulto de la voĉdonado estis naŭ jesoj, tri neoj, kaj unu sindeteno.

   The result of the vote was nine yeses, three noes, and one abstention.

• jeso (“a yes”)

From Latin naevus (“mole, birthmark”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: nè‧o

neo m (plural nei)

1. mole (on skin)
2. beauty spot
3. flaw, defect

neo m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of neon

• -one, Eno, Noè, eno-

From Proto-Italic *nēō, from earlier *nējō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈne.oː/, [ˈneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.o/, [ˈnɛːo]

neō (present infinitive nēre, perfect active nēvī, supine nētum); second conjugation

1. (transitive) to spin; weave, interlace, entwine

   Synonym: fīlō (Late Latin)

   Nē, māter; suam.

   Weave, mother; [so that] I [can] sew.

neō

1. dative/ablative singular of neon

• nētus

• “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “neo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• neo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• nē

From Proto-West Germanic *nawi, from Proto-Germanic *nawiz, *nawaz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“the deceased, corpse”).

• IPA^(key): /ne͜oː/

nēo n

1. a corpse

From ne- +‎ eo (“ever”).

neo

1. never

neo

1. Alternative form of no.

neo m (plural neos)

1. (rare) Alternative form of neón

• “neo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nɛw˧˧]

From Proto-Vietic *tʃ-rn-ɛːw, an *-rn- (instrumental derivative) infixed form of Proto-Vietic *tʃɛːw, whence Modern Vietnamese xeo. Related to chèo (“oar”), derived from a differently infixed form.

(classifier mũi, cái) neo • (𪲍)

1. (nautical) anchor

Cognate with Muong Bi đeo (“few”).

neo

1. (now rarely seen in isolation) few
   • 1937, Ngô Tất Tố, chapter 2, in Tắt đèn:

     - Tôi nói là nói người khác kia! Chứ ông... nhà neo, lắm việc, tôi có trách gì ông đâu... Kìa các ông ấy đã ra cả kìa!

     "It's other people that I talked about! As for you, your family is small and you're always busy, how could I put any blame on you... Oh look, they have come!"

• neo đơn