mo'

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mo'

  1. (dialectal, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of more, representing non-rhotic English.
    • 1904, Clifton Johnson, Highways and Byways of the South, page 124:
      But the people are great han's for religion, and it's a common saying they got mo' religion an' less morals than yo'll find anywhere else in the world.
    • 1916, Official Proceedings, Western Railway Club, page 143:
      A millennium, mah son, am jes' de same as a thousan' legged worm, only hits got mo' legs.
    • 2005, Tim Brooks, Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919, page 137:
      Brethren if you want mo' preachin', save a little dram for me.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology 1

Contraction of modo.

Pronunciation

Noun

mo'

  1. Only used in a mo' di

Etymology 2

Adverb

mo'

  1. Alternative spelling of mo

Tektiteko

Noun

mo'

  1. crow

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English more, from Old English māra.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mo'

  1. more
    • 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 3:
      Gin we have no mo' maate, it maakes no mo' matter,

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 137

Yucatec Maya

Noun

mo'

  1. Macaw.
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