schizo

¹

[ skit-soh ]

noun

, plural schiz·os.

1. a schizophrenic ( def ) or schizoid person.

adjective

1. schizophrenic or schizoid.
2. crazy; wildly eccentric; lunatic.

schizo-

²

1. a combining form meaning “split,” used in the formation of compound words:

   schizogenetic.

schizo-

¹

combining_form

1. indicating a cleavage, split, or division

   schizophrenia

   schizocarp

schizo

²

/ ˈskɪtsəʊ /

adjective

1. schizophrenic

noun

1. a schizophrenic person

Word History and Origins

Origin of schizo¹

1940–45; by shortening; -o

Origin of schizo²

< Greek, combining form representing schízein to part, split

Word History and Origins

Origin of schizo¹

from Greek skhizein to split

Example Sentences

In the 2014 book, “Schizo Culture: The Book, The Event,” he recalled the chaos of the proceedings: “Foucault vented his furor and frustration at the conference. It was a scandal, he said; he had never seen a worse audience before; New Yorkers were horrible, the conference a sham.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Schizo Culture” may have seemed, in its moment, like little more than abject confusion.

From Los Angeles Times

Back then, I regularly heard friends use pejorative words like “nuts,” “psycho,” “schizo,” “insane” and “looney tune” as general insults to anyone for any transgression.

From Washington Post

People will ask, “Who’s that actor on that show? Y’know, the one who plays the schizo?” or “She’s on that teen show, the suicide one,” and of course, “She’s the one who goes insane.”

From Salon

I never said it wasn’t schizo, man.

From Literature