moe

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

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”), from a kun reading of the Han character 萌 (“bud, sprout”).

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
  • 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
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch moede (“tired, loath”), from Old Dutch muothi (“tired”), from Proto-Germanic *mōþaz. Cognate to German müde and Old English mēþe.

Adjective

moe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)

  1. tired, weary
    Synonym: vermoeid
Usage notes

This word is usually used predicatively rather than attributively. If an attributive sense is needed, most people use vermoeid. The forms moeie and moeier are often proscribed.

Inflection
Inflection of moe
uninflected moe
inflected moeë
comparative moeër
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial moemoeërhet moest
het moeste
indefinite m./f. sing. moeëmoeëremoeste
n. sing. moemoeërmoeste
plural moeëmoeëremoeste
definite moeëmoeëremoeste
partitive moesmoeërs—
Inflection of moe
uninflected moe
inflected moeie
comparative moeier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial moemoeierhet moest
het moeste
indefinite m./f. sing. moeiemoeieremoeste
n. sing. moemoeiermoeste
plural moeiemoeieremoeste
definite moeiemoeieremoeste
partitive moesmoeiers—

Etymology 2

Shortening of moeder.

Noun

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

  1. (informal, dialectal) mother

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Verb

moe

  1. to sleep

Japanese

Romanization

moe

  1. Rōmaji transcription 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.

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