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motey

motey adjective: full of motes.

Adjective

motey (comparative more motey, superlative most motey)

  1. Full of motes.
    • The sunbeams on the motey air / Streamed through the open door, / And on the brown arms moving bare, / And the grain upon the floor.1891, Robert Bridges, “The Winnowers”, in The Pelican Record

Forms of motey

comparativemore motey
superlativemost motey

Origin of motey

From mote + -y.

Questions about motey

What does motey mean?
Motey means full of motes.
What part of speech is motey?
Motey is an adjective.

Words near motey in the dictionary

  1. motettist
  2. motettists
  3. motetts
  4. Moteuczoma
  5. motexafin
  6. motey
  7. moth
  8. moth ball
  9. moth balls
  10. moth bean
  11. moth beans

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