a learned borrowing from Greek meaning “best,” occurring either in direct loans (aristocratic), or in the formation of compound words (aristotype)
Word origin
[‹ Gk, comb. form of áristos best, superl. of ari- prob. a term specifying at first the upper class of society, the warrior caste; cf.ares, perh. aryan]
Examples of 'aristo' in a sentence
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Yet she's far from the only young aristo keeping quiet about her origins
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And there is plenty more aristo apparel to come this autumn.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Like a distressed aristo, the city used to be haughty.