motte

or mott

[ mot ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chiefly Southwestern U.S.

motte

/ mɒt /

Origin of motte¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1830–40; from Mexican Spanish mata; Spanish: “grove, plantation,” perhaps from Late Latin matta mat ¹

Origin of motte¹

C14: see moat

He therefore asked Mrs. Motte, owner of the place, whether she would allow him to set fire to it, to force the British out.

The Count de la Motte next proceeded to London and there sold several hundreds of diamonds.

In possession of four hundred thousand dollars worth of diamonds, Madame de la Motte's next difficulty was to sell them.

He was a very useful friend to Madame de la Motte until at last he turned king's evidence and explained the whole fraud.

Even Gougeon seemed to be waked up, and fixed his greedy black eyes on Motte.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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