loco
- to poison with locoweed.
- Slang. to cause to be insane or crazy.
- Slang. out of one's mind; insane; crazy.
Origin of loco
in loco
- in place; in the proper place.
Origin of in loco
in loco parentis
- in the place or role of a parent.
loco citato
loco primo citato
loco supra citato
suo loco
- in one's own or rightful place.
Related Words for loco
batty, bizarre, brainsick, cracked, crazed, cuckoo, daft, demented, deranged, disordered, distraught, dotty, fatuous, frenzied, idiotic, impractical, irrational, irresponsible, loony, lunaticExamples from the Web for loco
Contemporary Examples of loco
Cameron is in essence assuming the role of in loco parentis in relation to almost every household in Britain.
Historical Examples of loco
I esteem a pawnbroker in the place of an uncle: that is, in loco.
The Comic Latin GrammarPercival Leigh
The whole valley is on to my case of loco, and I'm due at the north pole.
They of the High TrailsHamlin Garland
(loco, place) A locomotive is that which can move cars from place to place.
OrthographyElmer W. Cavins
The latter is found in Thucydides and Xenophon: see Meyer in loco.
Apparently the furious run had worked off the effect of the loco weed.
Frank Merriwell's TriumphBurt L. Standish
loco
1- informal short for locomotive
loco
2- slang, mainly US insane
- (of an animal) affected with loco disease
- short for locoweed
- to poison with locoweed
- US slang to make insane
Word Origin for loco
loco
3- denoting a price for goods, esp goods to be exported, that are in a place specified or known, the buyer being responsible for all transport charges from that placeloco Bristol; a loco price
Word Origin for loco
in loco parentis
- in place of a parent: said of a person acting in a parental capacity
loco citato
- in the place or passage quotedAbbreviation: loc. cit, lc
Word Origin for loco citato
suo loco
- mainly law in a person or thing's own or rightful place
Word Origin for suo loco
Word Origin and History for loco
1844, American English, from Spanish loco (adj.) "insane," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Arabic lauqa, fem. of 'alwaq "fool, crazy person." Loco-weed (1877) was name given to species of western U.S. plants that cause cattle and horse diseases that make them stagger and act strangely.
in loco parentis
Latin, literally "in the place of a parent" (see parent).
in loco parentis
To assume the duties and responsibilities of a parent: “Because Jack's parents were out of town, his sister acted in loco parentis and punished him for staying out so late.” From Latin, meaning “in the place of a parent.”