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		Definition of ab ovo in English: ab ovoadverb ab ˈəʊvəʊab ˈōˌvō From the very beginning.  Example sentencesExamples -  And he was, Samuel, a great hope, a great man ab ovo, his father in miniature.
 -  Neither the somatic nor the psychobehavioral sexual characters, then, were laid down irreversibly ab ovo.
 
  Synonyms from the beginning, from the start, from the first from the egg informal from the word go 
 Origin   Latin, literally 'from the egg'. Rhymes   de novo, Denovo, Porto Novo, Provo    Definition of ab ovo in US English: ab ovoadverbab ˈōˌvō From the very beginning.  Example sentencesExamples -  And he was, Samuel, a great hope, a great man ab ovo, his father in miniature.
 -  Neither the somatic nor the psychobehavioral sexual characters, then, were laid down irreversibly ab ovo.
 
  Synonyms from the beginning, from the start, from the first 
 Origin   Latin, literally ‘from the egg’.     |