mo
The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.
Adjective archaic, dialectal
- Greater 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 - c. 1380, William Langland, Piers Plowman:
- Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions. - 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxij:
Origin
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 alt of, alternative
- Alternative form of mo' (“more”).
- Yo, you got mo chips?
- I guess this mean mo money, mo problems for you? - 1997, “Mo Money Mo Problems”, in Life After Death, performed by The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Ma$e and Diddy:
Origin
Non-rhotic pronunciation of more. Only coincidentally similar to sense 1 above. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
Adverb
- To 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: […] - 1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Aristippus”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas...
- Further, longer.
Noun abbreviation, alt of
- Clipping of moment.
- Hang on a mo!
Synonyms: bit sec tick bat of an eye blink of an eye crack eyeblink flash glimpse half a mo instant jiff jiffy jot minute mo moment New York minute New York second no time second span split-second spurt
Noun slang
- A homosexual.
Origin
Clipping of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.
Forms
Noun Australia, New Zealand
- A moustache.
Origin
Clipping of moustache.
Forms
Derived
Noun slang
- A 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. - 2018, James Kühnel, Carceration State:
Origin
Clipping.
Forms
Related
Noun slang
- A moron.
- Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! - 1997, “Detox”, in City, performed by Strapping Young Lad:
Forms
Numeral
- The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.
Origin
From mil, by analogy with do and gro.
Related
do gro ang mo big mo eeny-meeny-miney-mo fast-mo half a mo ke-mo sah-bee mo-cap mo-di mo-mo mo-ped mo qua mo shu po-mo slo-mo
Symbol
Origin
Clipping of month.