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  otto

  noun

  attar.
• Otto
  Otto

  noun

  a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”

otto

¹ American  

[ot-oh] / ˈɒt oʊ /

noun

• ottos
  plural

1. attar.

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Otto ² American  

[ot-oh, awt-oh] / ˈɒt oʊ, ˈɔt oʊ /

noun

1. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”

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Otto ¹ British  

/ ˈɔto /

noun

1. Rudolf (ˈruːdɔlf). 1869–1937, German theologian: his best-known work is The Idea of the Holy (1923)

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otto ² British  

/ ˈɒtəʊ /

noun

1. another name for attar

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ottos
  plural

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Example Sentences

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otto Otto ottos

Wearing its covert innovations lightly, and still fashioned from a mere otto pezzi, the chair remains as rigorously insurgent as it is supremely comfortable.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

“Now, let me see, what an the otto things I was supposed to tell you?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

There was one littel peece of poultry, rittin on a sheet of 'lectric blue paper, and sented with otto of roses, and indited to "My dare George."

From The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

I gave one final shove, burst the door open, and discovered the bouquet to be a bishop, who was scenting his handkerchief at the time with otto of roses.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss

Strain through a very fine muslin or linen, and add the otto of roses.

From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

“I said to Otto, ‘I’ll have to bring my folks from Pennsylvania, and Jeff is coming and his mother,’ and Otto said, ‘Well, it looks like you’ll have your own Exodus going.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

But within a week of owning him, Sweet noticed Otto - a warmblood breed that was about 17 hands tall - had gone lame and was struggling to walk.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The Otto cycle is a thermodynamic process also used in car engines and other conventional machines.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

Proponents compared him to such 19th-century statesmen as Germany’s Otto von Bismarck and Italy’s Camillo Benso di Cavour, both of whom united their countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Now that he had Sheed’s attention, Otto unfolded the offensive newspaper for his cousin to see.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Perfumers use the ottos of the mint in the manufacture of mouth-washes and dental liquids.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

Some of the ottos sent by a native perfumer of Benares were deemed worthy of honorable mention.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

It is obvious that vinegars differently perfumed may be made in a similar manner to the above, by using other ottos in place of the otto of roses.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

Rub the civet with the various ottos, mix, and beat in the usual manner.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

Oils, properly so called, unite with salifiable bases and form soap; whereas the essential or volatile oils, i.e. what we would please to call the ottos, do no such thing.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

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