Etymology
Compare fo' (“for; four”), ho (“whore”).
Adjective
mo'
- (dialectal, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of more, representing non-rhotic AAVE English.
1904, Clifton Johnson, Highways and Byways of the South, page 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, page 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, page 137:Brethren if you want mo' preachin', save a little dram for me.
Adjective
mo'
- more
1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 3:Gin we have no mo' maate, it maakes no mo' matter,- [If we have no more meat, it makes no more matter,]
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 137