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Luso-(dictionary)
Hotel Luso(finance)
LUSO Credit Union(finance)

Luso- (iou) and affettuoso (iou)


Luso- (iou)



Luso- combining form.
[from Lusitania: see LUSITANIAN, -O-.]
Forming adjectives and nouns with the senses 'of Lusitania or Portugal', 'Lusitanian or Portuguese and ', as Luso-Brazilian, Luso-Hispanic, etc.

affettuoso (iou)



affettuoso adverb, adjective, & noun. E18.
[Italian.]
Music.
A. adverb & adjective. A direction: with feeling, tender(ly). E18.
B. noun. Pl. -si [-zi], -sos. A movement expressing tenderness. rare. L18.
fig.: Burke The tender, soothing strains, in the affettuoso of humanity.