primo
noun, plural pri·mos, pri·mi [pree-mee Italian pree-mee] /ˈpri mi Italian ˈpri mi/. Music.
adjective
- first-class: dinner at a primo restaurant.
- highly valuable or most essential: the primo player on the team.
Origin of primo
loco primo citato
adverb Latin.
Related Words for primo
superior, great, dominant, impressive, exceptional, phenomenal, magnificent, eminent, well-known, famous, bad, important, superlative, distinguished, special, preeminent, noteworthy, curious, wonderful, oddExamples from the Web for primo
Contemporary Examples of primo
But Klitschko is no Primo Carnera—the first giant heavyweight champion and an ersatz fighter who was set up by the mob.
Vitali Klitschko Contemplates Bowing Out of the Ring and Entering Ukrainian PoliticsGordon Marino
March 26, 2013
Primo was with his mother and her boyfriend that weekend, so I had left the city and driven up to join Eliza in Hudson.
Daddy, How Come You’re Always Broke? Benjamin Anastas’s ‘Too Good to Be True’Benjamin Anastas
October 15, 2012
Stevie Wonder," says Hill, "and Earth, Wind, and Fire was the primo dance record.
Historical Examples of primo
What matters it, then, if ours is called the Fourth Class and theirs the Primo.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
Primo de Rivero then explained his position, which was curious.
Romantic SpainJohn Augustus O'Shea
The primo sargentos were abolished, the officers reinstated.
Spanish Life in Town and CountryL. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
Primo, let us make sure she is a witch—secundo, let us take her to the Abbey.
The Lancashire WitchesWilliam Harrison Ainsworth
Why should she think of me—or of anybody else, except the primo tenore, who was singing with her?
A SirenThomas Adolphus Trollope