macocious
English
Alternative forms
- maccocious, macotious
Etymology
From Caribbean English maco (“overly inquisitive person; to pry into the affairs of others”) from Antillean Creole makomè (“one's child's godmother / one's godchild's mother; gossip; effeminate man”) from French ma commère.[1]
Adjective
macocious (comparative more macocious, superlative most macocious)
- (Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada) Nosy; gossiping; interfering in the affairs of others.
- 2020, Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch, New York: Random House, 2021,
- Trouble is your speciality. All you can do is maco other people business and hurt them. You is one damn macotious bitch.
- 2020, Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch, New York: Random House, 2021,
References
- Richard Allsopp (ed.), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, University of the West Indies Press, 2003, p. 359.