mo
adverbadjectivesymbolnounnounadjectivenounnounnounnumeralcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//məʊ//
- United States//moʊ//
Further, longer.
adverb
- 1
obsoleteTo 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.
Etymology
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.
adjective
- 1
archaicGreater 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
Etymology
Clipping of month.
noun
- 1
Variant of momentClipping of moment.
Hang on a mo!
noun
- 1
slangA homosexual.
Etymology
Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.
adjective
- 1
Variant of mo'Alternative form of mo' (“more”).
Yo, you got mo chips?
I guess this mean mo money, mo problems for you?
Etymology
Non-rhotic pronunciation of more. Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
noun
- 1
A moustache.
Etymology
Clipping of moustache.
noun
- 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.
Etymology
Clipping.
noun
- 1
slangA moron.
Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!
numeral
- 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.
Etymology
From mil, by analogy with do and gro.
Forms
- plural
- mos