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dis⋅co

  [dis-koh] noun, plural -cos, adjective, verb
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–noun
1. discotheque.
2. a style of popular music for dancing, usually recorded and with complex electronic instrumentation, in which simple, repetitive lyrics are subordinated to a heavy, pulsating, rhythmic beat.
3. any of various forms of dance, often improvisational, performed to such music.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to a disco or disco music.
5. intended for a disco or its patrons.
–verb (used without object)
6. to dance disco, esp. at a discotheque.
Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; by shortening
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disco-

 
1. a combining form representing disk or disc in compound words: discifloral.
2. a combining form meaning “phonograph record”, used in the formation of compound words: discography.
Also, disci-; especially before a vowel, disc-.

dis⋅co⋅theque

  [dis-kuh-tek, dis-kuh-tek]
–noun
a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
Also, dis⋅co⋅thèque.
Also called disco.

Origin:
1950–55; < F discothèque. See disc, -o-, theca
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dis·co   (dĭs'kō)   
n.   pl. dis·cos

  1. A discotheque.

    1. Popular dance music, especially of the late 1970s, characterized by strong repetitive bass rhythms.

    2. A style of dancing usually done to disco music.

intr.v.   dis·coed, dis·co·ing, dis·cos
To dance to disco music.

[Short for discotheque.]
dis'co adj.
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Word Origin & History

disco 
1964, Amer.Eng. shortening of discotheque; sense extended 1975 to the kind of music played there.

discotheque 
borrowed 1954 from Fr. discothèque "nightclub with recorded music for dancing," also "record library," borrowed 1932 from It. discoteca "record collection, record library," coined 1927 from disco "phonograph record" + -teca "collection," probably on model of biblioteca "library."
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Medical Dictionary

disco- or disc- or disci-
pref.
Disk: discoid.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
disco
discotheque
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