Noun: jo
Sample Sentences
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On Old long syne my Jo,
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on Old long syne,
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That thou canst never once reflect,
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on Old long syne. [1711, traditional, published by James Watson, Old Long Syne]
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Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet;
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There ye'll see your bonnie sel',
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My jo, Janet. [My Jo Janet (traditional Scottish song)]
Nouns inflected like jo
whiting,
Munduruku,
Mundurucu,
sempai,
senpai,
saseng,
satang,
cunjevoi,
sansei,
Namboothiri,
somoni,
Sentinelese,
siopao,
shogun,
shinza,
Barakzai,
Chippewyan,
Diaguita,
shōgun,
thermal horsepower, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Scots jo (“joy”), from Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of joy and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). See: Middle English Nouns '
joye', Latin Nouns '
gaudium'.