loco
[loh-koh]
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- to poison with locoweed.
- Slang. to cause to be insane or crazy.
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- Slang. out of one's mind; insane; crazy.
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Origin of loco
1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish: insane
in loco
[in loh-koh]
- in place; in the proper place.
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Origin of in loco
First recorded in 1700–10
in loco parentis
[in loh-koh pah-ren-tees; English in loh-koh puh-ren-tis]
- in the place or role of a parent.
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loco citato
[loh-koh ki-tah-toh; English loh-koh sahy-tey-toh, si-tah-toh]
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loco primo citato
[loh-koh pree-moh ki-tah-toh; English loh-koh prahy-moh sahy-tey-toh, pree-moh si-tah-toh]
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loco supra citato
[loh-koh soo-prah ki-tah-toh; English loh-koh soo-pruh sahy-tey-toh, si-tah-toh]
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suo loco
[soo -oh law-koh; English soo-oh loh-koh]
- in one's own or rightful place.
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Examples from the Web for loco
Contemporary Examples
Cameron is in essence assuming the role of in loco parentis in relation to almost every household in Britain.
Historical Examples
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
loco1
- informal short for locomotive
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loco2
- slang, mainly US insane
- (of an animal) affected with loco disease
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- short for locoweed
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- to poison with locoweed
- US slang to make insane
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Word Origin
C19: via Mexican Spanish from Spanish: crazy
loco3
- 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
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Word Origin
C20: from Latin locō from a place
in loco parentis
- in place of a parent: said of a person acting in a parental capacity
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loco citato
- in the place or passage quotedAbbreviation: loc. cit, lc
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Word Origin
Latin: in the place cited
suo loco
- mainly law in a person or thing's own or rightful place
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Word Origin
Latin
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Word Origin and History for loco
adj.
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.
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in loco parentis
Latin, literally "in the place of a parent" (see parent).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
in loco parentis
[(in loh-koh puh-ren-tis)]
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.”
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Note
At one time, colleges and universities acted in loco parentis for their students, but this is no longer true.
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