mo'
See also: Appendix: Variations of "mo"
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mo'
- (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 edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Contraction of modo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mo'
- Only used in a mo' di
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
mo'
- Alternative spelling of mo
Tektiteko edit
Noun edit
mo'
Yola edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English more, from Old English māra.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mo'
- 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,
- [If we have no more meat, it makes no more matter,]
References edit
- 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 edit
Noun edit
mo'