moe

noun

1. (slang, uncountable)Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.

   “Someone who is pretty or beautiful isn't moe by definition. Moe characters don't always have to be younger girls, but it certainly helps! In fact, moe characters don't even have to be female! As long as they make you feel like you want to hug and protect them, that's enough!”

   “Despite its moe roots and preference for hijinks, Bocchi The Rock is a loving celebration of rock music and the joys of being in a band.”

2. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
3. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of moa.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Ministry of Education.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of mixture of experts.

   “GLaM [51] is an autoregressive mixture-of-experts (MoE) model with up to 1200B parameters.”

6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of margin of error.
7. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of MoE.

adj

1. (slang)Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)

adv

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of mo.
2. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of more.

   “Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.”

   “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 […]”

verb

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of moo.
2. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).

name

1. A surname, possibly formed by abbreviation of Moses or another name beginning with "Mo-".
2. A male given name; Diminutive of Moses and Maurice.
3. A female given name from Japanese.
4. A town in the Shire of Baw Baw and the City of Latrobe, south eastern Victoria, Australia.