lo 1[loh] ExamplesWord Origin interjection
- look! see! (frequently used in Biblical expressions; now usually used as an expression of surprise in the phrase lo and behold).
Origin of lo 1 before 900; Middle English; conflation of lo exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy, O! (Old English lā; see la2) and lo, shortened form of loke (Old English lōca), imperative of loken to look lo 2[loh] adjective
- an informal, simplified spelling of low1, used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products: lo calorie.
Examples from the Web for lo Contemporary Examples of lo
Brands like Lo & Sons and Delsey are already tapping Travel Noire to connect with black travelers.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement
Charlise Ferguson
January 4, 2015
And lo, Snowballs—underpants which can hold a flexible gel pack that you store in the freezer—was born.
Men, Ice Your Balls To Make Babies—and Other Male Fertility Fixes
Tom Sykes
December 22, 2014
And lo and behold, she was determined to sink the mining industry, and we were determined to fight for our community.
‘Pride’: The Feel-Good Movie of the Year, and the Film Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Want You to See
Marlow Stern
October 13, 2014
“In a sense, the masses are not organized,” says Lo, who is with the South China Morning Post.
Lennox Samuels
September 30, 2014
Lo thinks the local government should designate one or two protest sites and leave the demonstrators alone.
Lennox Samuels
September 30, 2014
Historical Examples of lo
Then I heard a voice, saying, ‘Lo, the soul seeketh to ascend!’
Lydia Maria Child
But, the letter read, lo, there was the same disappointment as of old!
George MacDonald
There shall be a sound of lamentation; lo, then we shall rest.
The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
British Museum
Verily their way shall be filled with disaster; lo, then we shall rest.
The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
British Museum
But when the division of all this wealth came to be made, lo!
Howard Pyle
British Dictionary definitions for lo lo interjection
- look! see! (now often in the phrase lo and behold)
Word Origin for lo Old English lā LO abbreviation for
- hello
Word Origin and History for lo interj.
early 13c., from Old English la, exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy; influenced in Middle English by lo!, short for lok “look!” imperative of loken “to look” (see look (v.)). Expression lo and behold attested by 1779.