Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- More. The form mo is often used by Shakspere, Spenser, etc., and sometimes archaically by more recent writers; but the mo which is common in the vulgar speech of the southern United States is a negro pronunciation of more (properly written mo).
- In chem., the symbol for molybdenum.
- An abbreviation of month.
- n. An abbreviation
- n. of Missouri;
- n. of Monday.
Wiktionary
- abbr. month
- n. moment
- n. a homosexual
- adv. obsolete To a greater degree.
- adv. now dialectal Further, longer.
- adj. archaic, dialectal Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to subtances)
GNU Webster's 1913
- abbreviation for modus operandi, manner of operating; -- often used to refer to the method an habitual criminal uses to perpetrate his crime.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an indefinitely short time
- n. a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
- n. a polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties; used to strengthen and harden steel
Etymologies
- 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. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“· Opening of compiled (. gmo/.mo) gettext po files and compressed gettext po files is directly supported (open your gnumeric. mo and edit it to make your individual translation!).”
“Homines fxpe membratiin mo - rfuntur, & feniim exfpirant, ideo etiam A - nima fenfim perit, qiiis em'm dicat Ani - mam, vividam, viz. rem & fentientem, in mortuis & {enfus experdbus Corporis membris refidere: Qii6d fi exiiBmes Ani - mam introrfum fe recipere i membris mo* ribundis recedentem, cur in iftis partibus nbi conglomeratur Anima non vividior ap - paret fenfus?”
Internet Archive: T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
“Roger, I am here to educate, mo is short for homosexual.”
Are you all atwitter with excitement over the Iowa caucuses?
“Because of this, most of what I consider moé happens in a short amount of time…10 seconds or less…thus the term moé-moment.”
The Anime Blog Poll: Do You Want Mo’ Moé in Your Anime? | The Anime Blog
“Also: for those interested about how the term moé was mentioned, Lisa describes it in a way that seems a bit too escapist for me but it serves its purpose for those unfamiliar with it:”
“As for me, I like what I call moé-moments no, I refuse to call them moe-ments.”
The Anime Blog Poll: Do You Want Mo’ Moé in Your Anime? | The Anime Blog
“Thar's somethin 'mo' elevatin 'about a parson, an' doubtless it's difficult to come down from a pulpit to common earth when you've once lifted yo 'eyes to it.”
“It ain't nothin 'mo' nor less than flyin 'in the face of the law, which reads different, an' if it keeps up, the women folks will be settin 'up the same rights as men to all the instincts of natur'.”
“The remark meant nothing to most readers, but sparked intrigue in certain gay circles, where "mo" is shorthand for "homosexual".”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Driving part way and paying $80/mo is better than driving all the way in and paying $180/mo to park downtown.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mo’.
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The Moustache
and associated accessories.
moustache, moustache curtains, moustache beer, moustache comb, moustached, evil moustache, fantastic moustache, moustache trick, child moustache, moustached stranger, moustachio, femoustache and 76 more...
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whiskers
words that describe facial hair,
some cute ones heremoustache, burnsides, bumfluff, bewhiskered, moustached, burnside, dundrearies, handlebar, imperial, kesh, beard, goatee and 82 more...
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Engrish
Language oh dears found at Engrish.com
hopfull, girt, billchit, burstig, baboosh, lental, the weat wing, connocting poopie, stuffs, noshery, bibulosity, beharior and 12 more...
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Chemical Element Abbreviations
Name Sym # Wt
actinium Ac 89 (227)
aluminum Al 13 26.98
americium Am 95 (243)
antimony Sb 51 121.7
argon Ar 18 39.94
arsenic As 33 74.92
asta...zr, zn, yb, y, xe, w, v, uuu, uut, uus, uuq, uup and 108 more...
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fabula's Words
fabulas, pasadizo, laberinto, amazónica, libritos, manzana, ilustración, ilustraciones, trazos, tiralíneas, eufenismo, cinemateca and 217 more...
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Acceptable two-letter Scrabble words
aa, ab, ad, ae, ag, ah, ai, al, am, an, ar, as and 89 more...
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I Live a (SOWPODS) Hardscrabble Life
aa, ad, ae, ah, ai, am, an, ar, as, at, aw, ax and 168 more...
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Me
me, mine, myself, i, my, meg, eg, jeg, mein, meine, ich, �? and 140 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
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2 Letter Scrabble Words
All playable 2 letter Scrabble words from OSPD4
aa, ab, ad, ae, ag, ah, ai, al, am, an, ar, as and 87 more...
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Cajun, Creole, Acadien
list of words used primarily in Cajun, Creole, and/or Acadian French
breme, dregailles, caïmon, rinque, tymer, grou, poin, gradu, canaille, getter, mo, moij and 14 more...
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Random list 22/5/2010
Every word I random for the next ten minutes or so will be added to this list.
venturine, tortulous, tweedle, appellatively, vetch, misexplication, intrigante, corresponsive, polyphonic, ramrod, yank, tuscor and 31 more...
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OSPD4 two-letter words
za, ye, ya, xu, xi, wo, we, ut, us, up, un, um and 88 more...
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tidbits
ju, hi, me, be, mo, jo, ka, er, da, oh, ah, eh and 4 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mo.
gangerh Maureen. Oct 4, 2008
artoparts Money order, Medical Officer, Modus operandi, fictional robot character in film WALL-E, month, Missouri, Magneto Optical, and Chinese ink cake. Oct 3, 2008
sakhalinskii Short for moustache. Aug 29, 2008
oroboros Mo. Chemical element symbol for Molybdenum. Dec 15, 2007