mo

Adverb

mo (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) To a greater degree.
   • When he had ſaied no: what (ſaid Ariſtippus) is it ſhame to ſaile in a Shippe, that hath afoꝛetymes caried a great nomber mo: […]1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Aristippus”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London...
2. (dialectal) Further, longer.

Adjective (1)

mo (not comparable)

1. (archaic, dialectal) Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances)
   • With that ran there a route of ratones at ones,
     And smale mys myd hem, mo then a thousandec. 1380, William Langland, Piers Plowman
   • Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxij

Symbol

mo

1. month
   • 12 yr 4 mo 17 d

Noun (1)

mo (plural mos)

1. (slang) A homosexual.

Noun (2)

mo (plural mos)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A moustache.

Noun (3)

mo (plural mos)

1. (slang) A molester.
   • The Idaho prison is full of cho-mos (child molesters), mos (molesters), and all types of sexual predators that have engaged in some type of abnormal sexual acts.2018, James Kühnel, Carceration State

Noun (4)

mo (plural mos)

1. (slang) A moron.
   • Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!1997, “Detox”, in City, performed by Strapping Young Lad

Numeral

mo

1. The cardinal number occurring after el gro el do el (↋↋↋) and before mo one (1001) in a duodecimal system. Written 1000, decimal value 1728.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: MO

MO

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Missouri: a state of the United States.
2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Philip Morris Companies, now Altria Group.
3. (Judaism, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Modern Orthodox.

Noun (5) capitalized: MO

MO (countable and uncountable, plural MOs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of modus operandi.
   • The Big Man is everywhere. He knows my M.O.!!!!1981, James Ellroy, Brown's Requiem, page 207
   • This was her apartment, I gathered, and he was living here. That was his MO. He would leech onto some girl and eventually move into her home.2022, Ling Ma, “Oranges”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of money order.
3. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of medical officer.
4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of molecular orbital.

Adjective (2) capitalized: MO

MO (not comparable)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of mesio-occlusal.
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of magnetooptical.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mo

IPA/ˈməʊ/

Mo

1. A diminutive of the male given names Mohammed, Moses, Maurice, Morris, Moritz, and Mortimer.
2. A diminutive of the female given names Marjorie, Maureen, Moira, and Monica.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Mo

IPA/ˈməʊ/

Mo

1. A surname from Chinese.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Mo

IPA/ˈməʊ/

Mo

1. (abbreviation, clipping, slang) Clipping of Moët.
   • Watch when I see you, I miss you a lot, yo / How about a nightcap, maybe a bottle of Mo'?2003, “Let Me Watch”, in Vaudeville Villain, performed by Viktor Vaughn ft. Apani B. Fly