meno

[ mey-noh; Italian me-naw ]

/ ˈmeɪ noʊ; Italian ˈmɛ nɔ /

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adverb Music.

less.

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Origin of meno

1875–80; <Italian <Latin minus less

Words nearby meno

Menkure, Menlo Park, Menninger, Mennonite, Mennonites, meno, Menoeceus, Menoetius, menology, Menominee, Menominee whitefish

Other definitions for meno (2 of 2)

meno-

a combining form borrowed from Greek, where it meant “month,” used with reference to menstruation in the formation of compound words: menopause.

Also especially before a vowel, men-.

Origin of meno-

<Greek mēno-, combining form of mḗn month; see moon

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How to use meno in a sentence

Meno's book is an honest look at the isolation of being a creative person in your 20s living in a city.
3 Must-Read Offbeat Novels: ‘A Million Heavens,’ ‘The Investigation,’ ‘Office Girl’|Drew Toal, Kevin Canfield, Daniel Roberts|July 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
At times, it does feel like a hipster romance, but Joe Meno is smarter than that.
3 Must-Read Offbeat Novels: ‘A Million Heavens,’ ‘The Investigation,’ ‘Office Girl’|Drew Toal, Kevin Canfield, Daniel Roberts|July 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“Honestly, just sharing the stage with those two was a high point in my career,” Meno, winningly, told The New York Times.
The Squid and the Whale of a Book|Taylor Antrim|June 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
With his ambitious fourth novel about a family of oddball Chicago scientists, Joe Meno swings for the fences in The Great Perhaps.
The Squid and the Whale of a Book|Taylor Antrim|June 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Meno starts well, introducing the compellingly odd Casper family.
The Squid and the Whale of a Book|Taylor Antrim|June 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The poco di piu and poco di meno has, in such contingencies, an unbounded influence.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various
In the copy ‘non si può far di meno di non observar le leggi,’ the ‘non’ being incorrectly repeated.
What Gunpowder Plot Was|Samuel Rawson Gardiner
At the close of the last movement of the quartet there occurred a meno vivace, which seemed to me to weaken the general effect.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer
In Plato himself the term is applied in the sense of a 'master in art,' without any bad meaning attaching to it (Symp.; Meno).
Sophist|Plato
"But my misfortunes are heavier," ended compare Meno, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.
Under the Shadow of Etna|Giovanni Verga

British Dictionary definitions for meno (1 of 2)

meno

/ (ˈmɛnəʊ) /

adverb music

(esp preceding a dynamic or tempo marking) to be played less quickly, less softly, etc

short for meno mosso

Word Origin for meno

from Italian, from Latin minus less

British Dictionary definitions for meno (2 of 2)

meno-

combining form

menstruationmenorrhagia

Word Origin for meno-

from Greek mēn month

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