meno

¹

[ mey-noh; Italian me-naw ]

adverb

, Music.

1. less.

meno-

²

1. a combining form borrowed from Greek, where it meant “month,” used with reference to menstruation in the formation of compound words:

   menopause.

meno

¹

/ ˈmɛnəʊ /

adverb

1. (esp preceding a dynamic or tempo marking) to be played less quickly, less softly, etc
2. short for meno mosso

meno-

²

combining_form

1. menstruation

   menorrhagia

Word History and Origins

Origin of meno¹

1875–80; < Italian < Latin minus less

Origin of meno²

< Greek mēno-, combining form of mḗn month; moon

Word History and Origins

Origin of meno¹

from Italian, from Latin minus less

Origin of meno²

from Greek mēn month

Example Sentences

Meno's book is an honest look at the isolation of being a creative person in your 20s living in a city.

From The Daily Beast

At times, it does feel like a hipster romance, but Joe Meno is smarter than that.

From The Daily Beast

“Honestly, just sharing the stage with those two was a high point in my career,” Meno, winningly, told The New York Times.

From The Daily Beast

With his ambitious fourth novel about a family of oddball Chicago scientists, Joe Meno swings for the fences in The Great Perhaps.

From The Daily Beast

Meno starts well, introducing the compellingly odd Casper family.

From The Daily Beast

The poco di piu and poco di meno has, in such contingencies, an unbounded influence.

From Project Gutenberg

In the copy ‘non si può far di meno di non observar le leggi,’ the ‘non’ being incorrectly repeated.

From Project Gutenberg

At the close of the last movement of the quartet there occurred a meno vivace, which seemed to me to weaken the general effect.

From Project Gutenberg

In Plato himself the term is applied in the sense of a 'master in art,' without any bad meaning attaching to it (Symp.; Meno).

From Project Gutenberg

"But my misfortunes are heavier," ended compare Meno, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

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