• Mo

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /məʊ/
    • US enPR: mō, IPA: /moÊŠ/
    • Rhymes: -əʊ

    Origin 1

    From Middle English, from Old English mā, from Proto-Germanic *maiz, from a comparative form of Proto-Indo-European *mə-. Cognate with Swedish mer, Danish mer; and with Irish mó, Albanian më. See also more, most.

    Full definition of mo

    Adverb

    mo

    1. (obsolete) To a greater degree.
    2. (now dialectal) Further, longer.

    Adjective

    mo

    1. (archaic, dialectal) Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to subtances)
      • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXII:Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions.

    Origin 2

    Abbreviation of month.

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    mo

    (plural mos)
    1. month

    Origin 3

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    Noun

    mo

    (uncountable)
    1. moment"Hang on a mo!"

    Origin 4

    , itself a short form of homosexual.

    Noun

    mo

    (plural mos)
    1. a homosexual

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