Meanings
comparative more macocious · superlative most macocious · alternative maccocious · alternative macotious
- Trinidad and TobagoNosy; gossiping; interfering in the affairs of others.
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, published 2021
Origin
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.
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