slang
: very large or great in amount or number
Examples of mondo in a Sentence
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
Black mondo grass is a perennial groundcover plant that produces small lavender flowers, but the purple-black grasslike foliage is the real star of the show.
—Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2024
At 12 inches square, these emotive Delft-like tiles from artist Ruan Hoffmann for Clé have an especially mondo effect: Scatter a couple on tables as oversize coasters, or perch one atop a cushion as a makeshift tabletop for a cuppa on the couch.
—wsj.com, 7 Apr. 2023
Being the biggest fish may actually work against the Mexico City native's self-refracting fever dream, along with its mondo runtime (now trimmed, after a divisive festival debut, by 22 minutes) and decidedly mixed reviews.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2022
Has adding a 17th game to the season been a mondo bust or what?
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2022
Think the pre-recession era of mondo diamond rings, super-sized fur coats, and monogramed tote bags that would put your dingy Outdoor Voices tote to shame.
—Steff Yotka, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2019
Adjective
The scene fractured, and there weren’t many mondo albums dropping to inspire people to keep making pure hyperpop.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
Black mondo grass is a perennial groundcover plant that produces small lavender flowers, but the purple-black grasslike foliage is the real star of the show.
—Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2024
At 12 inches square, these emotive Delft-like tiles from artist Ruan Hoffmann for Clé have an especially mondo effect: Scatter a couple on tables as oversize coasters, or perch one atop a cushion as a makeshift tabletop for a cuppa on the couch.
—wsj.com, 7 Apr. 2023
Being the biggest fish may actually work against the Mexico City native's self-refracting fever dream, along with its mondo runtime (now trimmed, after a divisive festival debut, by 22 minutes) and decidedly mixed reviews.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2022
Has adding a 17th game to the season been a mondo bust or what?
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2022
Think the pre-recession era of mondo diamond rings, super-sized fur coats, and monogramed tote bags that would put your dingy Outdoor Voices tote to shame.
—Steff Yotka, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2019
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“Mondo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mondo. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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