motes

[Mot]

When you impress your friends with a witty observation or a funny quip, you use a mot. Your favorite teacher might be well known for her clever mots.

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May; must; might.

Noun
a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes

Noun
a clever remark

Sing. pres. ind.
of Mot

pl.
of Mot

v.
May; must; might.

n.
A word; hence, a motto; a device.

n.
A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.

n.
A note or brief strain on a bugle.

Mot

Mot , v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot , pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might.

He moot as well say one word as another

The wordes mote be cousin to the deed.

Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres.

So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.

Mot

Mot , n. [F. See Motto.] 1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.

2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism]

Here and there turns up a ... savage mot.

3. A note or brief strain on a bugle. Sir W. Scott.

May; must; might.

A word; hence, a motto; a device.

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