moe

See also: Moe, MOE, MoE, moé, mö, and -mö

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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moe

From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

Alternative formsEdit

Wikipe-tan, a moe personification of Wikipedia

moé

PronunciationEdit

(UK) IPA^(key): /məʊ.eɪ/
(US) IPA^(key): /moʊ.eɪ/
Rhymes: -əʊeɪ, -oʊeɪ

NounEdit

moe (uncountable)

(slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Variant forms.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /məʊ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊ

AdverbEdit

moe

Obsolete form of mo.
Obsolete form of more.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:
  Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.
- c. 1572, George Gascoigne, Woodmanship
  The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks,
  Must needs put some experience in my maw:
  Yet cannot these with many mast'ries moe
  Make me shoot straight at any gainful prick […]

NounEdit

moe

Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
Obsolete form of moa.

VerbEdit

moe

Obsolete form of moo.
Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).

AnagramsEdit

'ome, -ome, EOM, Emo, Meo, OEM, OME, emo

Cypriot ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic ماء‎ (māʾ).

ReferencesEdit

Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /mu/
audio (file)
Hyphenation: moe
Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1Edit

From moede with loss of -d-, from Middle Dutch moede (“tired, loath”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōþī, from Old Dutch muothi (“tired”), from Proto-Germanic *mōþaz. Cognate to German müde and Old English mēþe.

AdjectiveEdit

moe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)

tired, weary
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
  Evenals een moede hinde / naar het klare water smacht, / schreeuwt mijn ziel om God te vinden / die ik ademloos verwacht.
  Just as a tired doe / yearns for clear water, / my soul cries out to find god / whom I breathlessly expect.
Synonym: vermoeid

Usage notesEdit

This word is usually used predicatively rather than attributively. If an attributive sense is needed, most people use vermoeid. The forms moeie and moeier are often proscribed. The form moede is mostly formal.

InflectionEdit

Inflection of moe
uninflected	moe
inflected	moeë
comparative	moeër
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		moe	moeër	het moest het moeste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	moeë	moeëre	moeste
	n. sing.	moe	moeër	moeste
	plural	moeë	moeëre	moeste
definite		moeë	moeëre	moeste
partitive		moes	moeërs	—

Inflection of moe
uninflected	moe
inflected	moeie
comparative	moeier
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		moe	moeier	het moest het moeste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	moeie	moeiere	moeste
	n. sing.	moe	moeier	moeste
	plural	moeie	moeiere	moeste
definite		moeie	moeiere	moeste
partitive		moes	moeiers	—