Alexis vs Lo - What's the difference?
alexis | lo |
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* 1877 , Act I:
, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
* 1990 , , Vespers , Mandarin (1991), ISBN 0749305967, page 120:
(colloquial) hello ('lo; see hallo)
As a proper noun Alexis
is a given name derived from Ancient Greek.As an interjection lo is
look, see, behold in an imperative sense.As a contraction lo is
hello ('lo; see hallo.As an adjective lo is
informal spelling of lang=en.As an initialism LO is
local Oscillator.alexis
English
Proper noun
(wikipedia Alexis) (es)- To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave.
- He wondered how parents who had named their daughter Alexis could possibly have known she'd turn out to be such a beauty.
lo
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lo, loo, from (etyl) . See also (l).Contraction
(head)Etymology 2
Variant of low.Adjective
(-)- Can you turn the fan down to lo ?
