mos
mos is the singular of mores.
mos is the plural of mo.
Meaning of mores
Noun
mores pl (plural only)
- A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws.
- All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense. And to prefer a society in which the individual has holistic relationships with a few, rather than modular relationships with many, is to wish for a...1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, page 99
Meaning of mo
Noun (1)
mo (plural mos)
- A homosexual.
Noun (2)
mo (plural mos)
- A moustache.
Noun (3)
mo (plural mos)
- 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)
- A moron.
- Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo! Hey, you mo!1997, “Detox”, in City, performed by Strapping Young Lad
Noun (1) capitalized: MOS
MOS
- Initialism of metal oxide semiconductor.
- Initialism of maintenance operating system.
- Initialism of mobile operating system.
- Initialism of member of the opposite sex.
- Initialism of military occupational specialty.
- "I was a marine. My MOS was 0311," he said.
- Initialism of member of the service.
- "We have an MOS down," the dispatcher said.
- Initialism of manual of style.
- Initialism of man on the street.
Proper noun capitalized: MOS
MOS
- Initialism of Ma On Shan.
Phrase capitalized: MOS
MOS
- Without a synchronous audio track.
Noun (2) capitalized: MOs
MOs
- plural of MO
Noun (3) capitalized: MoS
MoS
- Alternative letter-case form of MOS (“manual of style”).
- I just thought others on this list might be as happy as I am to learn that as of September, the Chicago Manual of Style is going to be available online for a subscription fee of $25 introductory price, $30 regular fee.2006 July 6, Janice Gelb, “Chicago MoS Online At Last”, in bit.listserv.techwr-l (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Apr 2025
- The Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (MoS), for example, outlines several requirements that journals could implement to prevent bias and COI from undermining the credibility of reports containing original data (Fontanarosa et al., 2011; MoS, 2007). […] For example, the MoS states...2012, “Responsible Parties”, in Christine M. Micheel, Sharly J. Nass, Gilbert S. Omenn, editors, Evolution of Translational Omics: Lessons Learned and the Path Forward, Washington, D.C.: National...
Forms of mos
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Origin of mos
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Disputed, with many speculative suggestions; see Wikipedia.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mos (page history and authors); MOS (page history and authors); MOs (page history and authors); MoS (page history and authors); mores (page history and authors); mo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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