xoxo - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

• xo, XO, xoxoxo, XOXO

From use of X/x to mean “kiss” and O/o to mean “hug”. Use of “X” to indicate a kiss attested since 1763,[1][2] preceded by medieval use of an “X”, which was then kissed by illiterates to indicate a signature.[3] Use of “O” is more recent, and presumably created by analogy (e.g., X/O in tic-tac-toe). Speculative theories on precise origins abound.

xoxo

1. Abbreviation of hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter.
   Synonyms: 88, X's and O's

• xxx
• ooo

1. ^ OED: “X”. 1763 Gilbert White Letter (1901) I. vii. 132, I am with many a xxxxxxx and many a Pater noster and Ave Maria, Gil. White.
2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “X”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
3. ^ How Stuff Works: How Valentine's Day Works

xoxo

1. old

xoxo

1. already

• hóhó (Nigeria)

From Proto-Gbe *χoχó. Cognates include Fon xóxó, Saxwe Gbe xíxó, Adja xoxu, Ewe xoxo

• IPA(key): /xó.xó/

xóxó (Benin)

1. to be old

xoxo (Raguileo spelling)

1. convex

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

xoxo

1. first-person singular present indicative of xoxar

• xo

Inherited from Late Latin iōsum, from Classical Latin deorsum.

• IPA(key): [ˈz̠oːz̠o̞]

xóxo

1. down
   Antonym: suxo

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [_Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland_] – map 1611: “scendete laggiù!” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it