mo'

See also: Appendix: Variations of "mo"

English

Alternative forms

• mo

Etymology

From its non-rhotic pronunciation. Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”). Related to, though not directly descended from, obsolete mo with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mo'

1. (dialectal, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of more, representing non-rhotic AAVE 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

• O&M, O.M., OM, om

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ/^*
• Homophone: mo
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: mò'

Etymology 1

Contraction of modo.

Noun

mo'

1. only used in a mo' di

Etymology 2

Adverb

mo'

1. alternative spelling of mo

Tektiteko

Noun

mo'

1. alternative form of moʼ

Yola

Adjective

mo'

1. alternative form of 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

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 137

Yucatec Maya

Noun

mo'

1. alternative form of moʼ