exclamation
(old use or humorous) used for calling attention to a surprising thing:
An extra skittle was added and, lo, tenpin bowling was born.
IDIOMS
lo and behold (humorous) used for calling attention to a surprising or an annoying thing:
As soon as we went out, lo and behold, it began to rain.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lo is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does lo appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — lo appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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