divo

/ (ˈdiːvəʊ) /


nounplural -vos or -vi (Italian -vi)
  1. a highly distinguished male singer

Origin of divo

1
C21: Italian, masculine form of diva

Words Nearby divo

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How to use divo in a sentence

  • "The lawyer that divo'ces 'em makes the livin'," Mammy Lou said then, popping her black head out through mother's white curtains.

    The Annals of Ann | Kate Trimble Sharber
  • Scribunt quidam trecentos ex dediticiis electos ad aram divo Iulio exstructam Idibus Martiis hostiarum more mactatos.

    Selections from Viri Romae | Charles Franois L'Homond
  • A church dedicated divo Josaphat in Palermo is probably not the only one of its kind.

  • "divo—Pan," said Annunziata, dividing the word in two, and always with an air of excessive caution.

    My Friend Prospero | Henry Harland
  • divo Pan is the divo who makes all the music that you hear out of doors,—the music of the wind and the water and the bird-songs.

    My Friend Prospero | Henry Harland