More vs Moue - What's the difference?
more | moue |
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(senseid) Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
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To root up.
A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
* 1913 , Jack London, The Valley of the Moon :
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* 2011 , Hadley Freeman, The Guardian , 2 Feb 2011:
As nouns the difference between more and moue
is that more is tomorrow while moue is a pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.more
English
(wikipedia more)Etymology 1
From (etyl) more, from (etyl) .Determiner
(en determiner)It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
Adverb
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- Than was there pees betwyxte thys erle and thys Aguaurs, and grete surete that the erle sholde never warre agaynste hym more .
Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
Derived terms
* more or less * more so * less is moreSee also
* mostEtymology 2
From (etyl) more, ). More at (l).Etymology 3
From (etyl) moren, from the noun. See above.Verb
(mor)Statistics
*moue
English
Noun
(en noun)- She glanced aside to the rim of the looking-glass where his photograph was wedged, shuddered, and made a moue of distaste.
- Why do you wear European clothes?" fumed Oscar de la Renta with a moue of disapproval and stamp of his bejewelled foot (probably).
Usage notes
Often used in the phrase “make a moue ”, influenced by French “faire la ”, meaning “to pout”.External links
* “moue”, April 04, 2009 Word of the Day, Merriam-Webster ----