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Definition of primos' - 2 dictionary results

pri⋅mo

  [pree-moh; for 1, 2 also It. pree-maw] noun, plural -mos, -mi  [-mee] , adjective
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–noun Music.
1. the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
2. the first or leading part in an ensemble.
–adjective
3. Slang.
a. first-class: dinner at a primo restaurant.
b. highly valuable or most essential: the primo player on the team.
Origin:
1785–95; < It: lit., first < L prīmus. See prime
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pri·mo   (prē'mō)   
n.   pl. pri·mi (-mē) also pri·mos (-mōz) Music
The principal part in a duet or ensemble composition.
adj.  
  1. First.
  2. Slang
    1. Exceptionally good of its kind; first-class.
    2. Highly or most valuable.

[Italian, from Old Italian, first, from Latin prīmus; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
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