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Webster 1913 Edition

Moe

Moe

,
Noun.
A wry face or mouth; a mow.
[Obs.]

Moe

,
Verb.
I.
To make faces; to mow.
[Obs.]

Moe

,
Adj.
,
adv.
, &
Noun.
[AS.
mā
See
More
.]
More. See
Mo
.
[Obs.]
“Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Moe

MOE

,
Adj.
More. [Not used.]

Definition 2024

Moe

Moe

See also: moe, MOE, MoE, moé, mö, and -mö

English

Proper noun

Moe

  1. A surname, possibly formed by abbreviation of Moses or another name beginning with "Mo-".
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Moses and Maurice.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Moe

  1. A Japanese female given name

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Moe

  1. rōmaji reading of もえ

moe

moe

See also: Moe, MOE, MoE, moé, mö, and -mö

English

Alternative forms

Wikipe-tan, a moe personification of Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məʊ.eɪ/

Noun

moe ‎(uncountable)

  1. (slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
Derived terms
  • figure moe zoku
  • moe anthropomorphism
Related terms
  • moekko
  • moe sangyo
  • moetan

See also

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Adverb

moe

  1. Obsolete form of mo.
  2. Obsolete form of more.
    • William Shakespeare
      Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.
    • George Gascoigne
      The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks,
      Must needs put some experience in my maw:
      Yet cannot these with many mast'ries moe
      Make me shoot straight at any gainful prick […]

Noun

moe

  1. Obsolete form of mow.
  2. Obsolete form of moa.

Verb

moe

  1. Obsolete form of moo.
  2. Obsolete form of mow (to make faces)

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moede ‎(“tired", "loath”), from Old Dutch muothi ‎(“tired”). Cognate to German müde.

Adjective

moe ‎(comparative moeër, superlative moest)

  1. tired, weary

Usage notes

This word is usually used predicatively rather than attributively. If an attributive sense is needed, most people use vermoeid.

Inflection

Inflection of moe
uninflected moe
inflected moeë
comparative moeër
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial moe moeër het moest
het moeste
indefinite m./f. sing. moeë moeëre moeste
n. sing. moe moeër moeste
plural moeë moeëre moeste
definite moeë moeëre moeste
partitive moes moeërs —

Synonyms

Noun

moe f ‎(plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)

  1. (informal) mother

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian moce, Indonesian pejam, Maori moe).

Verb

moe

  1. to sleep

Japanese

Romanization

moe

  1. rōmaji reading of もえ

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian moce, Indonesian pejam, Hawaiian moe).

Verb

moe

  1. to sleep

Old French

Noun

moe f ‎(oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)

  1. mouth

Descendants

Rapa Nui

Etymology

See here.

Verb

moe

  1. sleep
  2. lie down

Samoan

Verb

moe

  1. sleep

Derived terms

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch moeten.

Verb

moe

  1. must
  2. have to
  3. should

Tahitian

Verb

moe

  1. sleep

Usage notes

Archaic; use taʻoto.

Etymology

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