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1:o

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Internationalism; see 1o, , 1.º.

Adverb

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1:o (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of 1:a (1st), or simply 1; used to enumerate the first item in a list.
    • 1925 [1786 October 24], Samuel Ödmann, edited by Henning Wijkmark, Samuel Ödmanns skrifter och brev[1], page 94:
      Min högtärade Käraste Broder! Frågas ödmjukt
      1:o Om min Bror har någon Theorie om de så kallade Poma Sodomitica? Hvad Hasselquist tänker vet jag, neml. att de göras af en Tenthredo.
      2:o Om Delphini i Indiske hafven, dem Bror vel sedt, synas skifta på blått till färgen, när de tumla i böljan?
      My dear dearest brother! I humbly ask
      1st If my brother has any theory about the so-called Poma Sodomitica? I know what Hasselquist is thinking, viz. that they are made by a Tenthredo.
      2nd If the dolphins in the Indian Ocean, those brother well seen, seem to shift to blue in color when they tumble in the waves?

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