mo'

See also: Appendix: Variations of "mo"

English

Alternative forms

• mo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: mō, IPA^(key): /moʊ/
• Rhymes: -oʊ

Adjective

mo'

1. (dialectal, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of more, representing non-rhotic English.
   • 1904, Clifton Johnson, Highways and Byways of the South:

     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:

     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:

     Brethren if you want mo' preachin', save a little dram for me.

Anagrams

• O&M, O.M., OM, om

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin modo.

Alternative forms

• mo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo/^*
• Rhymes: -o

Adverb

mo'

1. (archaic, regional) now

   Synonyms: ora, adesso

Etymology 2

Contraction of modo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ/^*
• Rhymes: -ɔ

Noun

mo'

1. Only used in a mo' di

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Yucatec Maya

Noun

mo'

1. Macaw.