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Word entry · 4 letters

otto

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"German palindrome name"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈɑtoʊ/Sorted oottStarts with OEnds with O1 cluesVery common crossword word
1O2T3T4O

Definitions

  1. Fragrant essential oil, especially from rose petals, or a given name.

Word origin

Borrowed from German Otto, from Old High German, short form of compound names beginning with Proto-West Germanic *aud, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) (cognate of English Ed- in Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edith, etc.).

Used in a sentence

  • Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli.
  • That makes the case of Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American college student who had been serving a 15-year sentence in North Korea, even more striking.

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