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lo⋅co

  [loh-koh] noun, plural -cos, verb, -coed, -co⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. locoweed.
2. Slang. an insane person; maniac.
3. Veterinary Pathology. locoism.
–verb (used with object)
4. to poison with locoweed.
5. Slang. to cause to be insane or crazy.
–adjective
6. Slang. out of one's mind; insane; crazy.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < Sp: insane

lo⋅co⋅ism

  [loh-koh-iz-uhm]
–noun Veterinary Pathology.
a disease chiefly of sheep, horses, and cattle, caused by the eating of locoweed and characterized by weakness, impaired vision, irregular behavior, and paralysis.
Also called loco, loco disease.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; loco + -ism
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lo·co 1   (lō'kō)   
adj.   Slang
Mad; insane.
n.   pl. lo·cos
  1. See locoweed.
  2. See loco disease.
tr.v.   lo·coed, lo·co·ing, lo·cos
  1. To poison with locoweed.
  2. Slang To make insane; craze.

[Spanish, crazy, possibly from Arabic lawqā', foolish, feminine sing. of 'alwaq, from lāqa, to soften; see lwq in Semitic roots.]
lo·co 2   (lō'kō)   
adv.   & adj. Music
At the pitch written. Used chiefly as a direction.

[From Italian loco, from Latin locō, ablative of locus, place.]
loco disease  
n.  A disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning and characterized by weakness, lack of coordination, trembling, and partial paralysis. Also called loco1, locoism.
lo·co·weed   (lō'kō-wēd')   
n.  Any of several plants of the genera Oxytropis and Astragalus in the pea family, which are widespread in the western and central United States and cause severe poisoning when eaten by livestock. Also called crazyweed, loco1.
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Loco

Lo"co\, adv. [It.] (Mus.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.

Loco

Lo"co\, n. [Sp. loco insane.] (Bot.) A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.

Loco

Lo"co\, n. (Bot.) Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds besides Astragalus, whose herbage is poisonous to cattle, as Spiesia Lambertii, syn. Oxytropis Lambertii.

Loco

Lo"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Locoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Locoing.] To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (Colloq.), to render insane or mad. "The locoed novelist." --W. D. Howells.

Loco

Lo"co\, n. A locomotive. [Colloq.] --Kipling.
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Language Translation for : loco
Spanish: chiflado, loco,
German: übergeschnappt,
Japanese: 気のふれた
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loco 
1844, Amer.Eng., from Sp. loco (adj.) "insane," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Arabic lauqa, fem. of 'alwaq "fool, crazy person." Loco-weed (1879) was name given to species of western U.S. plants that cause cattle and horse diseases that make them stagger and act strangely.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1lo·co
Pronunciation: 'lO-(")kO
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural locos or locoes
1 : LOCOWEED
2 : LOCOISM

Main Entry: 2loco
Function: transitive verb
: to poison with locoweed
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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