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Motto vs Motty - What's the difference?

motto | motty |

As a noun motto

is a sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.

As an adjective motty is

full of, or consisting of, motes.

motto

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
  • A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
  • * (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
    • It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, ... Serve God, and be cheerful.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
      Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}

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    motty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mottie

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland) Full of, or consisting of, motes.
    • The motty dust reek raised by the workmen. — H. Miller.
    (Webster 1913)