mo'

mo'

1. (slang) Contraction of more.
   • 1904, Clifton Johnson, Highways and Byways of the South, p. 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, p. 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, p. 137:

     Brethren if you want mo' preachin', save a little dram for me.

• This spelling is sometimes used as eye dialect.

• O.M., OM, om

• Rhymes: -o

From Latin modo.

mo'

1. (regional) now

• ora, adesso

Contraction of modo.

mo'

1. Only used in the adverb a mo' di.