Camos

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. Characterized by military patterns used for blending into the environment while concealing presence
2. Often refers to specific styles or garments designed with such patterns for tactical use
3. A term associated with clothing or accessories incorporating disruptive coloration to enhance stealth or camouflage effectiveness

Etymology: "Camos" is simply the plural of "camo", a clipped form of "camouflage". Camo is a shortening of camouflage, the word that most of us picture as mottled green and brown fabric, and the plural follows the usual English pattern of adding an "s". Camouflage itself came into English from French, where "camoufler" meant to disguise or to play a trick, with its earlier roots in Italian "camuffare" and "camoufle", though those specific borrowing dates are not part of the record here. The clipped form "camo" is the part of the story that is more recent, a casual shortening that turned the long military term into something soldiers and hobbyists could say in a single breath.

Synonyms: camouflages, conceals, disguises, hides, covers

Antonyms: reveals, exposes, unmasks, displays, shows