camo

From camouflage, by shortening

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.moʊ/

camo (countable and uncountable, plural camos)

1. (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
2. Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.

camo (third-person singular simple present camos, present participle camoing, simple past and past participle camoed)

1. (informal) To camouflage.
2. (informal) To put on camouflage clothing.

• camo up

• OAMC, coma, maco

From Latin cāmus, from Doric Ancient Greek κᾱμός (kāmós) (Attic κημός (kēmós)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.mo/, [ˈkäːmo̞]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Hyphenation: cà‧mo

camo m (plural cami) (obsolete)

1. muzzle
2. (figuratively) (moral) restraint
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XIV, lines 142–144, page 215:

     Già era l'aura d'ogne parte queta; ¶ ed el mi disse: «Quel fu 'l duro camo ¶ che dovria l'uom tener dentro a sua meta. […] »

     Already on all sides the air was quiet; ¶ and said he to me: "That was the hard curb ¶ that ought to hold a man within his bounds."

cāmō

1. dative singular of cāmus
2. ablative singular of cāmus