Home › Words › S › spesmilospesmilo/spɛsˈmiːləʊ/spesmilo means an obsolete unit of Esperanto international currency (symbol ⟨₷⟩ or ⟨Sm⟩) with the value of one thousand spesoj.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, spesmilo ranks #36,606 of 42,747 for Qualifying.spesmilo is pronounced /spɛsˈmiːləʊ/.EtymologyLearned borrowing from Esperanto spesmilo.nounAn obsolete unit of Esperanto international currency (symbol ⟨₷⟩ or ⟨Sm⟩) with the value of one thousand spesoj.e.g.“We shall be delighted to relieve you of a pair of spesmiloj, alie a dollar, and will use your money to create more Esperanto enthusiasm.” — 1907 October, “Remarks”, in Arthur Baker, editor, Amerika Esperantisto [American Esperantist], volume 2, number 3, Chicago, Ill.: American Esperantist Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 57:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).