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[mon-doh] 
–noun, plural -dos. Zen.
| a question to a student for which an immediate answer is demanded, the spontaneity of which is often illuminating. |
Compare koan.
Origin:
1925–30; < Japn mondō, earlier mondau < MChin, equiv. to Chin wèn inquire + dá reply
1925–30; < Japn mondō, earlier mondau < MChin, equiv. to Chin wèn inquire + dá reply
mondo
2 Slang.–adverb
| 1. | very; extremely: mondo cool. |
–adjective
| 2. | large; big: a mondo history paper. |
Origin:
< It mondo world, extracted fr. the film Mondo Cane (1961) and reinterpreted as an adv. in It or pseudo-It phrases such as mondo bizarro very bizarre, lit., bizarre world
< It mondo world, extracted fr. the film Mondo Cane (1961) and reinterpreted as an adv. in It or pseudo-It phrases such as mondo bizarro very bizarre, lit., bizarre world
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| mon·do (mŏn'dō') adj. Enormous; huge: a mondo list of pizza toppings. adv. Extremely; very: a mondo big mistake. [From mondo (bizarro), very bizarre, from Italian Mondo (Cane), (A Dog's) World, name of movie with bizarre scenes that was a cult favorite in the 1960s.] |
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mondo
"very much, extreme," 1979, from It. mondo "world," from "Mondo cane," 1961 film, lit. "world for a dog" (Eng. title "A Dog's Life"), depicting eccentric human behavior; the word was abstracted from the original title and taken as an intensifier.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : mondo
Spanish:
escenario,
German:
die Szene,
Japanese:
分野
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