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, published 2021:
  Trouble is your speciality. All you can do is maco other people business and hurt them. You is one damn macotious bitch.

References

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

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

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