mot
/məʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The ancient Canaanite god of death and the underworld.
Example Sentences
- "Here and there turns up a […] savage mot."
- "‘He comes from Montreal, in Canada.’ ‘Why?’ she said, repeating Dr Johnson's mot with a forced sneer."
- "1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum With his big title, an Italian mot"
- "Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar."
- "Comrades, mark these three mots — it is the call of the Knight of the Fetterlock"
- "Come wed, my dear, and let's agree, / Then of the booze-ken you'll be free; / No sneer from cully, mot, or froe / Dare then reproach my Bess for Joe; / For he's the kiddy rum and queer, / That all St. Giles's boys do fear."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: mot
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /məʊ/
Usage
- Obsolete
- British usage
- Slang
- Colloquial
- Countable
- Uncountable