mote

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 See also 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Verb 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Anagrams 3 Lithuanian 3.1 Noun 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 5 Spanish 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English mot, from Old English mot (“‘grain of sand’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊt

• Homophones: moat

[edit] Noun

mote (plural motes)

1. A small particle; a speck.

   "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." -Matthew 7:5.

2. A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.

[edit] See also

• floater

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English mōtan (“‘to be allowed to’”)

[edit] Verb

mote

1. must

   "So mote it be!"

[edit] Etymology 3

From demote

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to mote (third-person singular simple present motes, present participle moting, simple past and past participle moted)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) To embarrass or patronize either with or without malice, especially in a case of situational irony.

   "And as Elizabeth tripped Frank--causing him to drop his soda--Andrew, who was looking on happily, shouted, "Moted!""

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of emot
• tome

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[edit] Noun

mote f.

1. Plural form of mota.

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• Anagrams of emot
• temo

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[edit] Lithuanian

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mote f.

1. mother

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[edit] Norwegian

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mote m. (definite singular moten; indefinite plural moter; definite plural motene)

1. fashion

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

mote m. (plural motes)

1. nickname
2. motto (heraldry)
3. fluff, pill
4. pearl barley
5. type of maize grain

[edit] Derived terms

• motudo
• mote de maíz
• mote de trigo