mo
AdverbAdjektivsymbolSubstantivSubstantivAdjektivSubstantivSubstantivSubstantivNumeralehäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//məʊ//
- Vereinigte Staaten//moʊ//
Further, longer.
Adverb
- 1
veraltetTo a greater degree.
When he had ſaied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […]
- 2
Further, longer.
Herkunft
From Middle English mo, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most.
Adjektiv
- 1
altertümlichGreater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances)
With that ran there a route of ratones at ones, And smale mys myd hem, mo then a thousande
Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions.
symbol
- 1
month
12 yr 4 mo 17 d
Herkunft
Clipping of month.
Substantiv
- 1
Variante von momentClipping of moment.
Hang on a mo!
Substantiv
- 1
SlangA homosexual.
Herkunft
Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.
Adjektiv
- 1
Variante von mo'Alternative form of mo' (“more”).
Yo, you got mo chips?
I guess this mean mo money, mo problems for you?
Herkunft
Non-rhotic pronunciation of more. Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
Substantiv
- 1
A moustache.
Herkunft
Clipping of moustache.
Substantiv
- 1
SlangA molester.
The Idaho prison is full of cho-mos (child molesters), mos (molesters), and all types of sexual predators that have engaged in some type of abnormal sexual acts.
Herkunft
Clipping.
Substantiv
- 1
SlangA moron.
Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!
Numerale
- 1
The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.
Herkunft
From mil, by analogy with do and gro.
Formen
- Plural
- mos