MIMEO

mimeograph, mimeo, mimeograph machine, Roneo, Roneograph

(noun) a rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo)

mimeograph, mimeo

(verb) print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph; “She mimeographed the syllabus”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Abbreviation.

Noun

mimeo (plural mimeos)

A mimeograph.

Usage notes

• (unpublished paper): May refer to a paper that is not in the process of being published or that is not part of an institutional working paper series.

Verb

mimeo (third-person singular simple present mimeos, present participle mimeoing, simple past and past participle mimeoed)

To mimeograph.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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