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mot | jot |

As a preposition mot

is with.

As a noun jot is

.

mot

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mot. Compare motto.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
  • * N. Brit. Rev.
    • Here and there turns up a savage mot .
  • * 1970 , John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse , New York 2007, p. 32:
    • ‘He comes from Montreal, in Canada.’ ‘Why?’ she said, repeating Dr Johnson's mot with a forced sneer.
  • (obsolete) A word or a motto; a device.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.
  • (obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (slang, Irish English) A girl, woman or girlfriend, particularly in the Dublin area.
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    jot

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.
    • He didn't care a jot for his work.
  • * Bible, Matthew v. 18
    • Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Neither will they bate / One jot of ceremony.
  • A brief and hurriedly written note.
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 53:
    • "I say, it is no uneven jot , to pass from the more faint and obscure examples of Spermatical'' life to the more considerable effects of ''general Motion'' in ''Minerals'', ''Metalls'', and sundry ''Meteors "

    Synonyms

    *(small amount) see also .

    Derived terms

    * every jot and tittle * not a jot or tittle

    Verb

    (jott)
  • (usually with "down") To write quickly.
    • Tell me your order, so I can jot it down.

    Derived terms

    * jot down