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单词 macocious
释义

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)

  1. (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.

References

  1. Richard Allsopp (ed.), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, University of the West Indies Press, 2003, p. 359.
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