mo'
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See also: Appendix: Variations of "mo"
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
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Adjective[edit]
mo'
- (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.
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Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
mo'
Etymology 2[edit]
Contraction of modo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo'
- Only used in a mo' di
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 mo' in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Yucatec Maya[edit]
Noun[edit]
mo'
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